meritoriously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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She graduated from her corporal school at the top of her class and was meritoriously promoted ahead of peers to sergeant in Kuwait, not long before landing in Afghanistan.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021
Therefore the free-will of a creature can be moved to good meritoriously in the first instant of its creation, but not to evil sinfully; provided, however, its nature be unimpaired.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Around him were innumerable celestial cars ridden by beings who had acted meritoriously while in this world.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
William Woodford, of Caroline County, who had served meritoriously in the French and Indian war, was appointed to the command of the second regiment.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
For, as God, He works in the sacraments by authority: but, as man, His operation conduces to the inward sacramental effects meritoriously and efficiently, but instrumentally.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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