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deservingly

  • a word derived from deserving.
    deserving
    adjective
    qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation.

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Nathan Alexander was front and center. and deservingly so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

As Lynskey puts it, “To quote Orwell was to assume, deservingly or not, some of his moral prestige.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2021

You wouldn’t know that from the broadcast, but hey, they deservingly cut the Squire some slack.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 24, 2020

All things considered, Ahmed is deservingly the frontrunner in the running back room.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

HEREIN— Lies the strength and worth of this unusual book, well and deservingly named: A History of the American Negro in the Great World War.

From History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico by William Allison Sweeney