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English
Etymology
unjust + -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/
- Hyphenation: un‧just‧ly
Adverb
unjustly (comparative more unjustly, superlative most unjustly)
- In an unjust manner.
- Synonym: unfairly
- Antonyms: fairly, justly
unjustly punished
1556, John Heywood, chapter 24, in The Spider and the Flie. , London: Tho Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. (Publications of the Spenser Society, New Series; 6), Manchester: 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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