worthily

adv

Etymology

From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In a worthy manner.

    • Then, as my gueſt, and thine ovvne acquiſition / VVorthily purchas'd, take my daughter […]
    • We should conceive of poetry worthily, and more highly than it has been the custom to conceive of it.
    • This world-wide travel organisation recently attained its centenary, and under happier conditions than those prevailing at the present time the event would doubtless have been celebrated worthily.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA