Deservedly

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.

    "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, […] ."

Adverb
  1. 1
    as deserved wordnet

Synonyms

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dispassionatelydulyequallyevenlyfairfairly

Example

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"Deservedly, the judgement for your wrongdoing was guilty."

Etymology

From deserved + -ly.

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