duly

Meaning

  1. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.
  2. Regularly; at the proper time.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈduli/
Etymology

From Middle English duely, dewly, dulyche, dueliche, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), equivalent to due + -ly.

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