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unjustly definition

Overview

Define the English word unjustly below. Unjustly is an adverb. Examples of how to use unjustly in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

English

Etymology

unjust +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/
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  • Hyphenation: un‧just‧ly

Adverb

unjustly (comparative more unjustly, superlative most unjustly)

  1. In an unjust manner.
    Synonym: unfairly
    Antonyms: fairly, justly
    unjustly punished
    • 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 the Spenser Society, New Series; 6), Manchester: [] [Charles E. Simms] for the Spenser Society, 1894, →OCLC, page 110:
      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.

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