deservedly

[ dih-zur-vid-lee ]

adverb

1. according to desert; justly; rightly.

deservedly

/ dɪˈzɜːvɪdlɪ /

adverb

1. according to merit; justly

Other Words From

• half-de·served·ly adverb
• unde·served·ly adverb
• well-de·served·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of deservedly¹

First recorded in 1540–50; deserved + -ly

Example Sentences

It is suspenseful and deservedly considered a classic, but Matheson offers no real sense of place.

From MIT Technology Review

There’s Oscar buzz around both performances, and deservedly so.

From Washington Blade

So rather than focusing on whether elected officials deserve our empathy in this moment, we should focus on the expectations that we deservedly put on them.

From Vox

There are jokes that might get Twitter blowback, deservedly and otherwise.

From Time

“Across the board, everyone felt that it was deservedly the winner,” said Gabrielle Glore, the festival’s director and head of programming, according to Variety.

From Essence.com

The Innocence Project has done deservedly celebrated work exposing cases of wrongful convictions, chiefly in rapes and homicides.

From The Daily Beast

And with a multi-facetted oddball like John Lurie, most deservedly so.

From The Daily Beast

Unsurprisingly, and deservedly, it got its own Twitter account.

From The Daily Beast

The film is already generating considerable Oscar buzz, and deservedly so.

From The Daily Beast

It was nominated, deservedly so, for Best Sound Mixing and Best Cinematography.

From The Daily Beast

Lawrence Hyde, earl of Rochester, died; deservedly respected as an able statesman.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Willis gained a wide and deservedly high reputation as the builder of many Cathedral organs—upwards of sixteen.

From Project Gutenberg

The Prince who remained at the head of the government was deservedly popular among the Brazilians.

From Project Gutenberg

Durham, like Canterbury, is a town that is much favored by the artists, and deservedly so.

From Project Gutenberg

But to every one of my household, save Susan who did not count, he was—I admit, deservedly—an object of loathing.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• equitably
• honestly
• impartially
• objectively
• properly
• reasonably