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▪ I. † ˈworthily, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 worþiliche, -lych, worthilyche; 4 worþili, worthily, -yly, 5 wurthyly, wordyly.
[var. of worthly a., after worthy.]
Worthy, honourable.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 343 Wolde ȝe, worþilych lorde,..Bid me boȝe fro þis benche. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 846 For-þy vche saule þat hade neuer teche, Is to þat lombe a worthyly wyf. c1350Will. Palerne 1642 A! worþiliche wiȝt, wel wo is me nouþe! a1400Morte Arth. 695 Seyne that worthilyche wy went vn-to chambyre. c1400Anturs of Arth. 365 (Thornton MS.) Scho was the worthilieste wyghte, þat any wy myghte welde.
▪ II. worthily, adv.|ˈwɜːðɪlɪ|
Forms: α. 4 worþ-, worthilych, 5 wurthilyche; 4 worþili, -ily, -yly, 4–5 worthili, 4–6 worthyly (4 -ylye, 5 -ylie, wurthyly), 4– worthily (5 worththily, 7 worthilie); 5 wordyly(e, 6 Sc. vordily. β. 4 wortheliche, -eli, 4–7 worthely (6 -elie, woorthely).
[f. worthy a. + -ly2. The β-forms are not always distinguishable from variants of worthly adv.]
†1. With due dignity, pomp, or splendour. Obs. (Passing into sense 3.)
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 72 When þay had waschen, worthyly þay wenten to sete. c1350Will. Palerne 4290 With a real route he rod hire a-ȝens, & worþili hire he wolcomed. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ii. 8, I..was war of a womman wortheli yclothed. c1400Destr. Troy 1632 Priam..a pales gert make,..Full worthely wroght & by wit caste. c1440Gesta Rom. iv. 12 Thei buryed the body of the knyȝt, worthely among hem in a newe sepulcre. a1450Contin. Brut 461 This coronacion was worthely doon. Ibid. 486 Lordes and ladyes were worthely served thurgh all the Court. 1522World & Child (facs.) A ij, I am not worthely wrapped nor went But powerly prycked in pouerte.
†b. Becomingly, elegantly. Obs. rare.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 144 Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale.
2. In a manner befitting one of high standing or character; in accordance with one's own dignity or personal worth; honourably, nobly.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 186 Men tellen þat he doth In armes day by day so worþily..þat alle prys hath he. 1382Wyclif Ephes. iv. 1 So I..byseche, that ȝe walke worthily in the clepinge, in which ȝe ben clepid. a1400–50Wars Alexander 1405 Þai within on þe wall worthili with-stude. 1450–1530Myrr. Our Ladye ii. 259 Al this sayde worshyp was done vnto oure lady..by cause she had worthyly ouercome the fende. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 462 Hercules and theseus did worthyly and digne of memorye. 1569J. Rogers Glasse Godly Love (1876) 188 This blessed state of Matrimony..I exhort you..that you walke worthely therin. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. ii. 25 Well may I certes such an one thee read, As by thy worth thou worthily hast wonne. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. ii. 102 Worthily spoken Mecenas. a1629Hinde J. Bruen xxxi. (1641) 97 He that had done so worthily at Ephrata, became famous in Bethlehem. 1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 2 The gentleman has moved worthily, and like a gentleman. 1784Cowper Task v. 807 The soul that sees Him,..learns at least t' employ More worthily the pow'rs she own'd before. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 380 He worthily fell, in fighting for his people. 1858J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vii. 157 An incident of a life worthily spent. 1886Manch. Exam. 8 Feb. 5/5 The office he has long worthily held as parliamentary secretary to the Trades' Union Congress.
b. Const. of, or ellipt. for this.
1841W. L. Garrison Life iii. 15 There are..some..who do not walk worthily of their profession. 1881F. T. Palgrave Visions Eng. 237 Oft hast thou acted thy part, My country, worthily thee!
3. According to desert or merit; as one (or it) is deserving or worthy; deservedly, justly, rightly.
The attribution of desert may be either to the subject or object of the sentence.
a1340Hampole Psalter Prol. 3 We menge wordis of louynge sa þat worthily he may trow him. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys, Marg. 86 This blyssyd mayde Margrete wurthyly Be these sexe vertuhs to heuene dede stye. 1535Coverdale 1 Chron. xvi. 25 For the Lorde is greate and can not worthely be praysed. 1548Patten (title) The Expedicion into Scotlande of the most woorthely fortunate prince Edward. 1591–5Spenser Col. Clout 375 Or be their pipes vntunable and craesie, That they cannot her honour worthylie? 1617Moryson Itin. i. 109 The other wines of this Country..and all the other fruits cannot be worthily praised. 1642D. Rogers Naaman Ep. Ded. 1 For all men to cast their eyes upon, and that worthily; for most costly and pretious was their matter. 1695Ld. Preston Boethius ii. 62 That which cannot be taken away is worthily esteemed the most excellent. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 2 We know of no case..wherein he [the Wild Man] is worthily represented. 1844H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace i. vi, Who worthily of Mars shall write In adamantine Tunic bound? 1865Kingsley Herew. ix, His father..promised him the succession—which indeed he had worthily deserved.
b. Used with reference to demerit or the punishment for this.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xvii. (Bodl. MS.), Dauid blamed worthilich þe seruantes of king saule þat were sleping. 1509Barclay Ship of Fools (1874) I. 247 But suche youth..worthely lyue in brawlynge stryfe and payne. 1550Crowley Last Trumpet 175 But if thou wilt be styl sturdy..The Lord shall plage the worthely. 1592Greene Repentance Wks. (Grosart) XII. 187, I haue so often offended thee that I haue worthely deserued death. 1624Heywood Gunaik. iv. 188 As the processe of her life was in many passages therof worthily infamous. a1678T. Stanley Hist. Philos. xiii. xxix. (1687) 933/2 Ingratitude is worthily hateful to all men. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 404 Egregious purpose! worthily begun In barb'rous prostitution of your son.
c. Fittingly, in respect of subject or matter.
1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 6 My trauayl herein coulde no wayes be more worthely bestowed. 1565T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 14 Here a man not knowing the mistery, might worthely be astonned. 1642J. Eaton Honey-c. Free Justif. 68 That new distinction..is the more worthily to be suspected for a corrupter of the Gospel.
4. With due devotion or reverence; in a fitting spirit; reverently, devoutly; also, with real desert by reason of faith or good life.
a1340Hampole Psalter xiv. 1 Lord wha sall won in þi tabernakile, þat is wha worthily lufis þe here. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋385 Men may also refreyne venial synne by receyuynge worthily of the precious body of Ihesu crist. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxxiii. (1869) 42 And if this bred thou wolt nempne and clepe wel and wurthilyche, j sey it is bred of lyf. a1500Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (? 1510) F iv b, Yf this word be worthely spoken It shalbe hard fro erth to heuen. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 171 b, Clennesse of hert, wherby they may worthyly laude and prayse god. 1565Harding Answ. Jewel 132 By the vertue and efficacie of this Sacrament duely and worthely received. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xv. xxiii. 563 Wee do worthily beleeue that the 70. had the spirit of prophecy. 1755Young Centaur i. 11 As to God, they say, ‘The natural religion commands us to think worthily, and speak reverently, of Him’. 1770Sacraments Explain'd (ed. 2) 54 A second Thing required, is the State of Grace, without which, no one can worthily receive this Sacrament.
†5. At a proper rate or value. to take worthily: to accept graciously. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 381 Heliye left þe grete richesse..& tooke worþili þe þore ordenance..þat a goode man & his wyfe proferid to hym. 1390Gower Conf. I. 180 As thei come To hire..To schewen such thing as thei broghte, Whiche worthili of hem sche boghte. |