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Webster 1913 Edition

Worthily

Wor′thi-ly

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adv.
In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
You
worthily
succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues.
Dryden.
Some may very
worthily
deserve to be hated.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Worthily

WORTHILY

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adv.
1.
In a manner suited to; as, to walk worthily of our extraction. [Bad.]
2.
Deservedly; according to merit.
You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues.
3.
Justly; not without cause.
I affirm that some may very worthily deserve to be hated.

Definition 2024

worthily

worthily

English

Adverb

worthily ‎(comparative more worthily, superlative most worthily)

  1. in a worthy manner
    • 2004, Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, Spark Educational Publishing, page 5
      […] sustain worthily your name of gentleman, which has been worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you.

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worthy +‎ -ly

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