worthful

[ wurth-fuhl ]

adjective
  1. full of worth or merit.

  2. highly respected; esteemed.

Origin of worthful

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English weorthful;see worth1, -ful

Words Nearby worthful

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How to use worthful in a sentence

  • To this judge "the slenderest kind" of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.

  • The quotations which head the chapters, and which are meant to be read, not skipped, are more worthful than anything else in it.

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