Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In accordance with merit; by merit; deservedly; worthily.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb By merit; deservedly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb By merit; deservedly.

Etymologies

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merited +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • And because no better index can be had of a man than the companion with whom he keeps company, and meritedly one who keeps company with honest companions acquires a good name, for it is impossible that he does not have some similitude with them.

    Discourses 2003

  • If it is out of date, you will be meritedly censured for rudeness.

    What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901

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