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worthily

adverb

  1. fittingly/appropriately (without injustice/dishonor)
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adv

Etymology: From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly.

  1. In a worthy manner.

    Then, as my gueſt, and thine ovvne acquiſition / VVorthily purchas'd, take my daughter […]

    We should conceive of poetry worthily, and more highly than it has been the custom to conceive of it.