worthily
adverb
- fittingly/appropriately (without injustice/dishonor)
Wiktionary
adv
Etymology: From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly.
- 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.”