worthily
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "This world-wide travel organisation recently attained its centenary, and under happier conditions than those prevailing at the present time the event would doubtless have been celebrated worthily."
- "[S]ustain worthily your name of gentleman, which has been worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you."
Etymology
From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more worthily (comparative)
most worthily (superlative)