different between justly vs comeuppance
justly
English
Etymology
From just +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??stli/
Adverb
justly (comparative justlier or more justly, superlative justliest or most justly)
- In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
- 1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome:
- 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:
- With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
- 2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011:
- 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:
- (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
Translations
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comeuppance
English
Alternative forms
- come-uppance
- comeupance
Etymology
From come up (“to appear before a judge”) +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m??p?ns/
Noun
comeuppance (usually uncountable, plural comeuppances)
- Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
- 1883, Albion Winegar Tourgée, ed., The Continent; an illustrated weekly magazine, v 3.
- So when Brown's second wife turned out a reg'lar ternygrunt, I wa'n't in no wise upset, for he needed a comeuppance, an' he got it in her.
- 1958, “Yankee Comeuppance in a Lousy Inning”, in Life, v 45, n 15 (October 13), p 34.
- The Yankees got their comeuppance in Milwaukee when the Braves piled up a record score for the first inning of a World Series game.
- 2004, Peter Hunt, Sheila G. Bannister Ray, eds., International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, p 862.
- […] in the anonymous A New Gift for Children (1750), perhaps America's first secular storybook, and its tales of children who are good and merit rewards, and tales of children who are otherwise and receive their comeuppances.
- 1883, Albion Winegar Tourgée, ed., The Continent; an illustrated weekly magazine, v 3.
Synonyms
- (outcome that is justly deserved): just deserts
Translations
See also
- serve someone right
References
- comeuppance at OneLook Dictionary Search
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