worthily

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17
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16
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8

Definition of worthily

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  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.”
    “[S]ustain 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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Etymology

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

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