Well-deserved

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    emphatic form of deserved (when used as an adjective); richly deserved, well and truly earnt. emphatic, form-of

    "a well-deserved holiday / reward / (prison) sentence"

Example

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"That distinction was well-deserved."

Etymology

From well + deserved.

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