deservedly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English deserved Middle English -ly English -ly English deservedly From deserved + -ly.
- In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
“1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 2008, Digireads.com Publishing, page 437, Emmy, he remembered, was at one time cruelly and deservedly jealous of Rebecca, […] .”
“THE Jesuits have been condemned, and deservedly condemned, by the unanimous consent of the whole of Christendom.”