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Solely vs Justly - What's the difference?

solely | justly |

As adverbs the difference between solely and justly

is that solely is alone; exclusively while justly is in a just or fair manner; rightfully.

solely

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Alone; exclusively.
    • The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.
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    • , passage=This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water.}}

    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.