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View synonyms for deservedly

deservedly

[ dih-zur-vid-lee ]

adverb

  1. according to desert; justly; rightly.


deservedly

/ dɪˈzɜːvɪdlɪ /

adverb

  1. according to merit; justly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • half-de·served·ly adverb
  • unde·served·ly adverb
  • well-de·served·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deservedly1

First recorded in 1540–50; deserved + -ly
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Example Sentences

It is suspenseful and deservedly considered a classic, but Matheson offers no real sense of place.

There’s Oscar buzz around both performances, and deservedly so.

So rather than focusing on whether elected officials deserve our empathy in this moment, we should focus on the expectations that we deservedly put on them.

From Vox

There are jokes that might get Twitter blowback, deservedly and otherwise.

From Time

“Across the board, everyone felt that it was deservedly the winner,” said Gabrielle Glore, the festival’s director and head of programming, according to Variety.

The Innocence Project has done deservedly celebrated work exposing cases of wrongful convictions, chiefly in rapes and homicides.

And with a multi-facetted oddball like John Lurie, most deservedly so.

Unsurprisingly, and deservedly, it got its own Twitter account.

The film is already generating considerable Oscar buzz, and deservedly so.

It was nominated, deservedly so, for Best Sound Mixing and Best Cinematography.

Lawrence Hyde, earl of Rochester, died; deservedly respected as an able statesman.

Mr. Willis gained a wide and deservedly high reputation as the builder of many Cathedral organs—upwards of sixteen.

The Prince who remained at the head of the government was deservedly popular among the Brazilians.

Durham, like Canterbury, is a town that is much favored by the artists, and deservedly so.

But to every one of my household, save Susan who did not count, he was—I admit, deservedly—an object of loathing.

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