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单词 worthly
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worthlyadj.

Brit. /ˈwəːθli/, U.S. /ˈwərθli/
Forms:

α. Old English weorðlic, Old English weorþlic, Old English wurðlic, Old English wurþlic, Old English wyrðelic, Old English wyrðlic, Old English wyrþlic, early Middle English wordlokste (superlative), early Middle English wurdliche, early Middle English wurþliche, early Middle English wurðlich, early Middle English wurðliche, early Middle English wurðlukest (superlative), Middle English worclich (in a late copy, transmission error), Middle English wordliche, Middle English wordly, Middle English worthli, Middle English worthliche, Middle English wortlych (in a late copy), Middle English worþelokyst (superlative), Middle English worþely, Middle English worþelych, Middle English worþli, Middle English worþloker (comparative), Middle English worþlokest (superlative), Middle English worþly, Middle English wuredluker (comparative), Middle English wurhliche, Middle English wurthli, Middle English wurtli, Middle English–1500s worthely, Middle English 1600s (1900s– historical) worthly; also Scottish pre-1700 worthelich, pre-1700 wortheliche; N.E.D. (1928) also records the forms Middle English worþeliche, Middle English worþlich.

β. early Middle English wurliche, Middle English werly, Middle English worhliche, Middle English worli, Middle English worliche, Middle English worly, Middle English worlyke.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worth n.1, -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < worth n.1 + -ly suffix1. Compare worth adj., worthy adj. Compare also worthily adj.Some earlier Old English forms (e.g. wyrðelic, wyrðlic) probably show the influence of wurthe adj.; compare discussion at worth adj., wurthe adj. The β. forms show loss of the dental after -r- in a consonant cluster; compare e.g. erli, erlich at earthly adj. and n. α. forms. Some forms with medial -e- could instead be interpreted as showing (much rarer) worthily adj.
1. Of a thing: having great value or importance; noble, fine, excellent, worthy. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance
worthlyeOE
mickleeOE
greatc1225
right hand?c1225
solemna1387
materialc1475
superior1526
grand1542
weighty1558
main1581
pregnant1591
pregnate1598
materious1611
moliminous1642
momentous1656
magic1696
all-important1748
big1748
eventful1756
colossal1775
bread and butter1822
bada1825
key1832
all-absorbing1834
earth-moving?1834
earth-shaking1835
earth-shatteringa1859
high-ranking1874
beaucoup1917
major league1951
earth-stopping1956
crucial1957
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective]
dearc888
dearworthc888
worthlyeOE
oughtsOE
worthfulOE
aughtOE
richa1225
gildenc1225
of pricea1325
worthya1325
of (‥) valourc1330
prow1340
dearworthyc1374
of value1395
pricefula1400
presc1400
singularc1400
goldena1425
well-foundc1475
valiant1481
prized1487
prowousa1500
valuable1567
prizable1569
valorous1592
suit-worth1594
bully1600
estimable1600
treasurable1607
treasurous?1611
treasured1675
pearly1770
at a premium1828
keep-worthy1830
good value1842
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. x. 75 He..þæt færelt swa þeh gefor & swa weorþlicne sige [L. vere laudandam victoriam] hæfde swa he ær unweorðlice þara goda biscepum oferhirde.
OE Cynewulf Juliana 9 Wæs his rice brad, wid ond weorðlic ofer werþeode, lytesna ofer ealne yrmenne grund.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv.) anno 1058 Ealdred biscop..wurðlic lac..geoffrode to ures Drihtenes byrgene, þæt wæs an gylden calic on fif marcon, swiðe wundorlices geworces.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 47 Heo hafð mid hire þreo wurdliche mihte.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14433 He..bad alle þe ȝeonglinges..þat heo heom biȝeten wurðliche wepnen.
?a1300 Loue is Sofft (Digby) l. 25 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 108 (MED) Loue..were þe wordlokste þing in werlde were.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1029 Swiche meting nas neuer non made Wiþ worþli wepen wiȝt.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 464 Iwysse, a worþloker won to welde I neuer keped.
c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 126 The cyttezyns..shall have alle ande every franches..þe whiche of worthely mynde be progenys of oure lorde the kynge,..to hem and to hys sayde cytte were grauntyde.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 146 Riches of golde, syluer, yowelis, and othyr worthely possessionys.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 667 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Yai..Than till a wortheliche wane went yai yair way Past till a palace of pryce plesand allane.
c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 1024 Hee aboute hath ibene..And iwonne at his will þe wortlych places.
1608 J. Wilson Eng. Martyrol. 353 S. Gerard Confessour..being an Englishman by byrth, and descended of a worthly parentage in our Iland.
a1675 J. Lightfoot Let. to Member of Parl. (1689) (single sheet) A moot fault will sound very harsh, especially when their late worthly behaviour had sufficiently attoned for greater miscarriages.
2. Of a person: estimable, honourable, worthy. Now rare and archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
digne1297
of price?a1300
worshiply1340
worthya1350
menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xix. 460 Gi[f] þu nu ænigne mon cuðe þara þe hæfde ælces þinces anwald.., geþenc nu hu weorðlic and hu forem[æ]rlic þe wolde se man þincan.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1023 Hi þa mid weorðlican weorode & wynsaman dreame hine to Hrofesceastre feredan.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Ðu ert wel don man and þarto wurðlich.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12724 Wenhauer his quene wurðlukest [c1300 Otho worþlokest] wiuen.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1687 Play miri he may Wiþ þat worþli wiȝt.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 138 Þat womman þer-wiȝt hadde þat worli child.
a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 15 Als wise man of wordes and worthli in wede.
c1467 in S. Bentley Excerpta Hist. (1831) 188 That no man thenk that I..undirtake the thynges abovesaide by any arrogance..to be callid worthly.
a1500 (a1425) Metrical Life St. Robert of Knaresborough (1953) l. 329 (MED) Þare wouned a worthly lord a whyle—Men called hyme William Scutivyle—Lord of that land, bath est & weste.
c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 233 Canstou me graiþ tellen To any worþely wijȝt.
1624 A. Leighton Speculum Belli Sacri xvii. 63 A worthly Generall.
1973 Stud. Philol. 70 351 Eliminating as he does his ability to become a worthly knight, he precludes the possibility of his ever becoming figuratively gentil as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

worthlyadv.

Forms:

α. early Old English weorðelicor (comparative), Old English weorþlice, Old English weorðlice, Old English worðlice (rare), Old English wurðlice, Old English wurþlice, Old English wyrþlice, Old English wyrðelice, Old English–early Middle English wyrðlice, early Middle English wurlike, early Middle English wurrþlike ( Ormulum), early Middle English wurðlic, early Middle English wurðliche, Middle English worthli, Middle English worþli, Middle English worþliche, Middle English wurþliche, Middle English–1600s worthly.

β. late Old English wurdlice, early Middle English wirdliche, Middle English wordly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worth adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < worth adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare worthily adv., worthly adj.Some earlier Old English forms (e.g. wyrðelice, wyrðlice) may alternatively be derived from wurthe adj.; compare discussion at worth adj., wurthe adj. See also forms with medial -e- at β. forms at worthily adv., some of which could alternatively be interpreted as reflecting spellings of worth adj. with final -e, and hence as showing this word.
Obsolete.
1. With due dignity, pomp, or splendour; richly, splendidly; = worthily adv. 2.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb]
worthlyeOE
worthlyOE
worthily?c1225
reallya1375
proudc1384
riallya1387
royallyc1405
proudly?a1425
rialc1425
stately?a1439
personably1481
sumptuouslyc1487
magnificentlya1552
majestically1577
in state1580
palatially1867
OE Blickling Homilies 125 Cyrice..is sinhwyrfel on wilewisan geworht swa fægre & swa weorþlice swa hit men on eorþan fægrost & weorþlicost beon geþencean meahton.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17561 Werelld iss nemmnedd cossmos..Forr þatt itt iss wurþlike shridd Wiþþ sunne & mone. & sterrness.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7068 Þu sca[l]t habben gærsume. hæhliche heom to ueden & wurðliche [c1300 Otho worþliche] scruden.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3202 Whan þei were cloþed worþli in here wedes.
a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 184 When we war in þat fayre palays (It was ful worthly wroght always).
2. With reference to Christian practices: with due devotion or reverence; in a fitting spirit; reverently, devoutly; = worthily adv. 5.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adverb]
worthlyOE
reverentlya1382
worthilyc1400
worshippinglyc1475
reverendlyc1480
venerablyc1610
reverentially1644
worshipfully1863
veneratinglyc1925
OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo ad Populum (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 417 We..wurðiað wurðlice þone dæg on ðunresdæg on ðære gangwucan.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1033 Þatt follkess haliȝdomess. Þatt wærenn inn an arrke þær Wel & wurrþlike ȝemmde.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 21 His flesc and his blod,..ȝif ic hit swa wurðliche underfenge, swa hit wurðe wære.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1456 (MED) Boðen ysaac and ysmael Him bi-stoden wurlike and wel.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11618 Þe lauerd agh yee worthli to lufe.
1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 18 For such as receaue Christes most precious body and bloud in the Sacrament worthly, they haue Christ dwellyng in them.
3. In a manner befitting a person of high standing or character; in accordance with one's own dignity or personal worth; honourably, nobly; = worthily adv. 3.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb]
micklelyeOE
worthlyeOE
noblelyc1300
lordlya1398
greatlya1400
kinglyc1425
princely1548
lordlikea1555
princelike1567
majestically1577
kinglike1582
elevatedly1593
great1616
grandly1647
augustly1649
magnificently1660
grand1729
lordfully1836
queenly1840
exaltedly1852
regally1852
nobilmente1899
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb]
worthlyeOE
worthlyOE
worthily?c1225
reallya1375
proudc1384
riallya1387
royallyc1405
proudly?a1425
rialc1425
stately?a1439
personably1481
sumptuouslyc1487
magnificentlya1552
majestically1577
in state1580
palatially1867
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb]
worthlyeOE
menskful?c1225
menskly?c1225
dignelyc1315
honestly1340
menskfullya1375
worshipfullya1375
worthilyc1384
creditably1648
reputablya1689
respectably1770
smirchless1848
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxx. 147 Þa onfeng Dioclitianus Galeriuse weorðlice.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1075 Se kyngc eft Malcolm & his sweostor..swiðe weorðlice hine eft of heora gryðe sendon.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 (MED) Gef þu hauest woreld wele, þu miht þarof wurðliche fare and swo loken þe þat þu best lef and wurð and miht for ure drihtenes luue fele almes dele.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2878 Þe sculleð eow wurðliche [c1300 Otho worþliche] wreken.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1428 Þan Alexander..Wynnes worthly ouer þe wallis with-in to þe cite.
1644 P. Skippon True Treasure 52 To carry himselfe in all Christian wisdome sincerely in the sight of God, and with all circumspection worthly before men.
1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose To Rdr. sig. **5v His Grandfather..was raised to places of greatest honour and trust in that Kingdome, which he most faithfully, and worthly discharged.
4. Fittingly, appropriately. Cf. worthily adv. 1.
ΘΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly
welleOE
fairOE
meetlyOE
rightOE
worthlylOE
haghelyc1175
worthilyc1175
becomelyc1200
properly?c1225
i-semelichec1275
thriftilyc1374
duly1382
sittinglyc1390
justlyc1392
rightfula1400
goodlyc1400
hemelyc1400
meeta1450
statelya1450
ensuingly?1518
handsomely1525
worshipfully1532
decently1552
due1581
meeterly1589
fairly1600
beseemingly1611
dightly1616
becomingly1624
befittingly1638
fittinglya1643
condecently1656
lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 137 Hwa mæig, swa wurðlice swa hit gebyrede, gereccen hwu herigendlice is on þære eadigen Cristes moder Marien dæl, þæt þæt se Hælend herede?
a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 152 Do we ðe bodi in ðe bale & berȝen ðe soule, Ðat is ure heued ȝeuelic; helde we it wurðlic.
c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 182 Effecte of this sacrament es of many vertuys to hym that receyueȝ it worthly.
1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xviii Hyt was so gret and ynestymable that y can not remembre..how y myght wordly speke of hyt.
1546 A. Kelton Commendacion of Welshmen sig. e.iiii Of the blood Notable and good I coulde worthly expresse Kinges of renowne.
1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce viii. sig. Rrr.ivv No doubt we should worthly be found gilty, both of rebellion and treason.
1609 tr. in R. Smith Prudentiall Ballance Relig. i. xxiii. 293 You may sooner admire then worthly praise Beda, who liuing in the farthest corner of the world with the flash of his doctrine haue [perhaps read gaue] a light to all Nations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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