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Worthily vs Justly - What's the difference?

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Worthily is a related term of justly.


As adverbs the difference between worthily and justly

is that worthily is in a worthy manner while justly is in a just or fair manner; rightfully.

worthily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in a worthy manner
  • * 2004 , Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers , Spark Educational Publishing, page 5 [http://books.google.com/books?id=np8Y_-j8u2gC&pg=PA5&dq=worthily+date:1970-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=TvBK87n6alTJ1jGUhdIlu1gWKg8]
    • […] sustain worthily' your name of gentleman, which has been ' worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you.

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    justly

    English

    Adverb

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  • 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.