"fitly" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "fit + -ly",
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  "etymology_text": "From fit + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more fitly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fitlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fitly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fitliest",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "rare",
        "superlative"
      ]
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        "1": "more fitly",
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        "sup2_qual": "rare, literary"
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      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1948, Alan Paton, chapter 28, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987",
          "text": "This Court has a solemn duty to protect society against the murderous attacks of dangerous men, whether they be old or young, and to show clearly that it will punish fitly such offenders.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a fit manner"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suitably"
        },
        {
          "word": "properly"
        },
        {
          "word": "commodiously"
        },
        {
          "word": "conveniently"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪtli/",
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fitly"
}

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        "2": "fit",
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      },
      "expansion": "fit + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fit + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more fitly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fitlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fitly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fitliest",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "rare",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more fitly",
        "2": "fitlier",
        "comp2_qual": "rare, literary",
        "sup": "most fitly",
        "sup2": "fitliest",
        "sup2_qual": "rare, literary"
      },
      "expansion": "fitly (comparative more fitly or (rare, literary) fitlier, superlative most fitly or (rare, literary) fitliest)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪtli",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1948, Alan Paton, chapter 28, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987",
          "text": "This Court has a solemn duty to protect society against the murderous attacks of dangerous men, whether they be old or young, and to show clearly that it will punish fitly such offenders.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a fit manner"
      ],
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        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suitably"
        },
        {
          "word": "properly"
        },
        {
          "word": "commodiously"
        },
        {
          "word": "conveniently"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "fitly"
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