JUSTLY in a Sentence

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The sudden and romantic appearance of his son in the lists at Ashby, he had justly regarded as almost a death's blow to his hopes.

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 Meanings and Examples of JUSTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
justly
 ad.  with honesty; rightfully; fairly
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  The royal policy had long been to weaken, by every means, legal or illegal, the strength of a part of the population which was justly considered as nourishing the most inveterate antipathy to their victor.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  Lady," said Cedric, "this beseems not; were further pledge necessary, I myself, offended, and justly offended, as I am, would yet gage my honour for the honour of Ivanhoe.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  The sudden and romantic appearance of his son in the lists at Ashby, he had justly regarded as almost a death's blow to his hopes.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  Say to the Grand Master," replied Rebecca, "that I maintain my innocence, and do not yield me as justly condemned, lest I become guilty of mine own blood.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
5  I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  The subject is more justly considered.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  Heyward lifted his head from the cover, and beheld what he justly considered a prodigy of rashness and skill.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
8  Brother, the woman is the wife of one of my bravest young men; deal justly by her.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
9  American is justly proud of the origin of his nation, which.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
10  An atmosphere of sympathetic influence encircles every human being; and the man or woman who feels strongly, healthily and justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
11  One's fortune, as your mother justly says, is NOT one's own.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
12  'Tis because you are an indifferent person," said Lucy, with some pique, and laying a particular stress on those words, "that your judgment might justly have such weight with me.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
13  What they had said in the conversation, that he acted justly only in a negative sense, absorbed his thoughts.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
14  It was the remaining half of the justly celebrated English cavalry.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
15  She never made a mistake about anything, and she saw things justly.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT
Example Sentence:
1  We ask you to govern fairly and justly, fight corruption and fulfill human rights.
2  Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal.