Worthly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Worthly is an adjective meaning Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
Meaning
Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
Example Sentences
It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone
I hope that the few details set down here will induce more worthly contributions along the same line.
The enactment and enforcement of laws and the education of advertiser and advertising medium, toward the end that people will have greater confidence in advertising from the fact that advertising will be more worthly of public confidence.
If they are of equal worth, and that is the basis for equal treatment, then some people should not be considered more worthly simply because they have some trait, such as training, that allows them to make an additional social contribution [...]
Word Forms
- worthlier
- worthliest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include worthy, worthful, honourworthy, worth, valued, esteemable.
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