justly

Adverb

justly (comparative justlier or more justly, superlative justliest or most justly)

1. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
   • His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome
   • Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes...1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460

   Synonyms:

   deservedly

2. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
   • But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011
3. (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
   • It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC