deservedly
/dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "1986, Facts on File, Editorials on File, Volume 17, Part 2, Infobase Publishing, page 949, The vote for Scalia was unanimous, and deservedly so."
- "Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive."
Etymology
Etymology tree English deserved Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English deservedly From deserved + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/
Inflected Forms
more deservedly (comparative)
most deservedly (superlative)