worthy
adjective
having adequate or great merit, character, or value.
worthily
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a word derived from
worthy.
Example Sentences
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On social media, Tvorchi members Andrew Hutsuliak and Jeffrey Kenny thanked those who voted for them and said they would “do everything to worthily represent Ukraine.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2022
“I pray that God will help me to discharge worthily this heavy task that has been laid upon me so early in my life,” the new queen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
“I cannot personally think of any widespread injustice that has been remedied by plodding worthily down the middle of the road, smiling and smiling,” wrote Jill Tweedie in 1971.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2020
Aurelius cautions his reader to resist becoming bitter or mournful, and instead to think of each grievance as an opportunity: “To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2018
An imperial chin, replete with force and power to command, worthily completed this charming profile.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
