Worthliness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence. uncountable
"We confess it appears to us that knowledge of character, quick perception into the worth or worthliness of those about us, in no degree depends on, or can be governed by, any system or theory whatever."
Example
More examples"We confess it appears to us that knowledge of character, quick perception into the worth or worthliness of those about us, in no degree depends on, or can be governed by, any system or theory whatever."
Etymology
From worthly + -ness.
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