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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“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
Never mind all that, declares B’Ellana Duquesne’s Mama in Philip Dawkins’s worthily eye-opening if ultimately formulaic comedy-drama, “Charm.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2017
She arrived at those assumptions worthily: by analyzing her own education and experience.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2015
Isabel Bayrakdarian's good looks, however, are worthily matched by her voice and artistry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2011
The Rector was worthily proud of his garden.
From A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil
