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worthly

adj

Etymology

From Middle English worthely, wurthlich, from Old English weorþlīċ (“important, valuable, splendid, worthy, estimable, honorable, distinguished, exalted, fit, becoming”), from Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -ly. Cognate with Old Frisian werdelik, Old Saxon werthlīk, Old High German werdlīh.

  1. inherited from *werþalīkaz✻ — “worthy”
  2. inherited from weorþlīċ — “important, valuable, splendid, worthy, estimable, honorable, distinguished, exalted, fit, becoming”
  3. inherited from worthely

Definitions

  1. Having great worth or value

    Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).

    • It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone
    • I hope that the few details set down here will induce more worthly contributions along the same line.
    • The enactment and enforcement of laws and the education of advertiser and advertising medium, toward the end that people will have greater confidence in advertising from the fact that advertising will be more worthly of public confidence.

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