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WORTHILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worthily mean?
• WORTHILY (adverb)
The adverb WORTHILY has 1 sense:
1. in a worthy manner; with worthiness
Familiarity information: WORTHILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a worthy manner; with worthiness
Pertainym:
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Context examples
And strange Buck was to him, for of the many Southland dogs he had known, not one had shown up worthily in camp and on trail.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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