Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Meritoriously; with just desert.
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- adverb In a
deserving manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Agreed, but now having the wealth created by those two systems, are we not morally bound by those same religious beliefs to aid those who have failed "deservingly" or "underservingly" under that system?
Motivating Sheep, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Boat Street Cafe sometimes gets lost in the shuffle of hot new restaurants, but Robinson is a longtime fan, and I was glad to see it still, deservingly, is on her 10-best radar.
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His first novel (A Concrete Sky) deservingly earned high praises but some snafus and living overseas have limited his readership.
mroctober: An Ideal for Living mroctober 2010
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His first novel (A Concrete Sky) deservingly earned high praises but some snafus and living overseas have limited his readership.
An Ideal for Living mroctober 2010
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That's why their numbers are around 20% of America and deservingly so.
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How to Cheat was amazing, and the cast deservingly went on to win Best Performance in the Narrative Competition.
Abe Schwartz: LA Film Fest, Starring Silverlake Abe Schwartz 2011
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How to Cheat was amazing, and the cast deservingly went on to win Best Performance in the Narrative Competition.
Abe Schwartz: LA Film Fest, Starring Silverlake Abe Schwartz 2011
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Lancashire, beaten at this stage three times in the last three years, were deservingly tenacious victors.
Sussex v Lancashire | Friends Provident t20 match report 2011
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How to Cheat was amazing, and the cast deservingly went on to win Best Performance in the Narrative Competition.
Abe Schwartz: LA Film Fest, Starring Silverlake Abe Schwartz 2011
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Santorum is not just the butt pun intended of a deservingly dirty joke; he has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to bashing gay people for political gain.
Jay Michaelson: Santorum's Homophobia Problem Jay Michaelson 2012
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