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unjustly

Syllables: un·just·ly/ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/

unjustly adverb: in an unjust manner.

Adverb

unjustly (comparative more unjustly, superlative most unjustly)

  1. In an unjust manner.
    • unjustly punished
    • Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.1556, John Heywood, chapter 24, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of...
    Synonyms:
    unfairly
    Antonyms:
    fairly, justly

unjustly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi

unjustly in Tamil

ஆக்குத்தாய்

unjustly in Urdu

بےانصافی سے, ناحق

unjustly in Telugu

in an unjust manner
అన్యాయముగా anyāyamugā

unjustly in Punjabi

unjustly, unjustifiably
ਖਾਹਮਖਾਹ khāhmakhāh
More languagesFewer languages
unjustly in Gujarati
હકનાહક haknāhak

Synonyms of unjustly

Antonyms

Forms of unjustly

comparativemore unjustly
superlativemost unjustly

Origin of unjustly

From unjust + -ly or un- + justly.

Questions about unjustly

What does unjustly mean?
Unjustly means in an unjust manner.
What is unjustly in Tamil?
Unjustly in Tamil is ஆக்குத்தாய். See Unjustly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unjustly?
Unjustly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce unjustly?
Unjustly is pronounced /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/.

Words near unjustly in the dictionary

  1. unjustifiedly
  2. unjustifiedness
  3. unjustifies
  4. unjustify
  5. unjustifying
  6. unjustly
  7. unjustness
  8. unjustnesses
  9. unjuvenile
  10. unk
  11. unk-unk

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unjustly (page history and authors); unjustly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unjustly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖਾਹਮਖਾਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); હકનાહક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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