Example Sentences

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Hence it would seem that a man with grace cannot merit life everlasting condignly.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now, no one is said to be worthy of some good, unless he has merited it condignly.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

One can but wonder sometimes how it feels   To be an ass—a beast we beat condignly Because, like yours, his life is in his heels   And he is prone to use them unbenignly.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

The champion of innocence is victorious, and the real criminal is condignly punished.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

"A villain condignly punished" is a villain punished according to his deserts.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly