worthily

English

Etymology

From worthy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

worthily (comparative more worthily, superlative most worthily)

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 […]
- 1941 November, “Notes and News: The Centenary of Cook's”, in Railway Magazine, page 513:
  This world-wide travel organisation recently attained its centenary, and under happier conditions than those prevailing at the present time the event would doubtless have been celebrated worthily.
- 2004, Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, Spark Educational Publishing, page 5
  […] 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

Bulgarian: достойно (bg) (dostojno)
Catalan: dignament (ca)
French: dignement (fr)
Greek: αντάξια (el) (antáxia), επάξια (el) (epáxia)
Hungarian: méltóképpen, érdemlegesen, méltán, érdemesen
Norman: dîngnement
Spanish: dignamente (es)

References

“worthily”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

Holy Writ, holy writ

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