ruly
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of ruly
C20: back-formation from unruly
Example Sentences
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They are a key way in which our ruly culture configures our nature.
From Scientific American • May 8, 2013
Dean John Monro apologized to McNamara for "the discourteous and un ruly confrontation forced upon you."
From Time Magazine Archive
While the climax has nothing to do with the film that precedes it, one can at least hope that it is a harbinger of ruly personal Gene Wilder films yet to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 11, they are a good thousand strong, amiable at first, ruly and obedient.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was also unconcealed, and must have been the cause of many another such scene but for the imperturable temper and the singularly ruly tongue of John Buchanan Steel.
From The Shadow of the Rope by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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