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Justly vs Ethically - What's the difference?

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Justly is a related term of ethically.


As adverbs the difference between justly and ethically

is that justly is in a just or fair manner; rightfully while ethically is in an ethical manner.

justly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
  • * 1890 , Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome :
    • His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.
  • With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
  • * 2012 , Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time , 1 Oct 2011:
    • But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.
  • (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
  • *, II.14:
    • It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.

    ethically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an ethical manner
  • Concerning ethics

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives to which "ethically" is often applied: right, wrong, acceptable, unacceptable, responsible, correct, good, neutral, questionable, permissible, required, sensitive, problematic, appropriate, defensible.

    Antonyms

    * unethically

    See also

    * morally