duly
/ˈduli/ adverb C1- In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly. · The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes.
- Regularly; at the proper time.
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But Josie Pye, if deficient in some qualities that make for popularity, had at least a natural and inborn gift, duly cultivated, for walking board fences.
When all this was done, and the army disciplined, and the herald Mouse had duly proclaimed war by challenging the Weasels, the newly chosen generals bound their heads with straws, that they might be more conspicuous to all their troops.
The will was duly finished, signed, and witnessed by my clerk.
Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
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