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deservedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:degree) In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
    • 1986, Facts on File, Editorials on File, Volume 17, Part 2, Infobase Publishing, page 949, The vote for Scalia was unanimous, and deservedly so.
    • THE Jesuits have been condemned, and deservedly condemned, by the unanimous consent of the whole of Christendom. 1859, James Maden Holt, The Jesuits: A Lecture Delivered in St. Saviour's School, near Bacup, May 16th 1859, page 1:
    • 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, […] .
    • 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. 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:

Forms

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more deservedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most deservedly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

undeservedly

Translations (9)

hu megérdemelten (in a manner that is deserved) · gl merecidamente (in a manner that is deserved) · de verdientermaßen (in a manner that is deserved) · pl zasłużenie (in a manner that is deserved) · hu méltán (in a manner that is deserved) · fi ansaitusti (in a manner that is deserved) · pt merecidamente (in a manner that is deserved) · la meritō (in a manner that is deserved) · es merecidamente (in a manner that is deserved)