Deservingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb

1
In a deserving manner.
"She was deservingly jailed for her crimes."

Synonyms

becomingly chastely continently correctly decently decorously

Antonyms

immorally unchastely

Example

"She was deservingly jailed for her crimes."

Etymology

From deserving + -ly.

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