worthily

English

Etymology

From worthy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

worthily (comparative more worthily, superlative most worthily)

1. In a worthy manner.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:

     Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter […]

   • 2004, Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, Spark Educational Publishing, page 5 [1]

     […] sustain worthily your name of gentleman, which has been worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you.

Translations

in a worthy manner

• Catalan: dignament (ca)
• French: dignement (fr)
• Greek: αντάξια (el) (antáxia), επάξια (el) (epáxia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: méltóképpen, érdemlegesen, méltán, érdemesen
• Norman: dîngnement

Anagrams

• Holy Writ