Definitions
In a way that is rightly earned or justified.
Word origin
From deserved + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 2008, Digireads.com Publishing, page 437, Emmy, he remembered, was at one time cruelly and deservedly jealous of Rebecca, […] .”
“THE Jesuits have been condemned, and deservedly condemned, by the unanimous consent of the whole of Christendom.”
“1986, Facts on File, Editorials on File, Volume 17, Part 2, Infobase Publishing, page 949, The vote for Scalia was unanimous, and deservedly so.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“With good reason”10 letters
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