adj
worthly
Worthly (adj) means having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
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Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
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Etymology
From Middle English worthely, wurthlich, from Old English weorþlīċ (“important, valuable, splendid, worthy, estimable, honorable, distinguished, exalted, fit, becoming”), from Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -ly. Cognate with Old Frisian werdelik, Old Saxon werthlīk, Old High German werdlīh.
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"worthly" (adj) means having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).