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From Middle English worthely, wurthlich, from Old English weorþlīċ (“important, valuable, splendid, worthy, estimable, honorable, distinguished, exalted, fit, becoming”), from Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -ly. Cognate with Old Frisian werdelik,

Old Saxon werthlīk, Old High German werdlīh.

adjective worthlier · more worthly · worthliest · most worthly

Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of). It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone

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@misc{worthly_2026,
  title = {worthly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worthly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}