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worthlyadj.![](/freq2.svg) 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. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] eOE tr. Orosius (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 9 Wæs his rice brad, wid ond weorðlic ofer werþeode, lytesna ofer ealne yrmenne grund. OE (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 (1868) 1st Ser. 47 Heo hafð mid hire þreo wurdliche mihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (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 (1932) 108 (MED) Loue..were þe wordlokste þing in werlde were. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 1029 Swiche meting nas neuer non made Wiþ worþli wepen wiȝt. c1400 (?c1380) l. 464 Iwysse, a worþloker won to welde I neuer keped. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner (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. (Rawl.) (1898) 146 Riches of golde, syluer, yowelis, and othyr worthely possessionys. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 667 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 115 Yai..Than till a wortheliche wane went yai yair way Past till a palace of pryce plesand allane. c1600 (c1350) (Greaves) (1929) 1024 Hee aboute hath ibene..And iwonne at his will þe wortlych places. 1608 J. Wilson 353 S. Gerard Confessour..being an Englishman by byrth, and descended of a worthly parentage in our Iland. a1675 J. Lightfoot (1689) (single sheet) A moot fault will sound very harsh, especially when their late worthly behaviour had sufficiently attoned for greater miscarriages. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (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 (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1023 Hi þa mid weorðlican weorode & wynsaman dreame hine to Hrofesceastre feredan. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Ðu ert wel don man and þarto wurðlich. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 12724 Wenhauer his quene wurðlukest [c1300 Otho worþlokest] wiuen. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 1687 Play miri he may Wiþ þat worþli wiȝt. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 138 Þat womman þer-wiȝt hadde þat worli child. a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot (1914) 15 Als wise man of wordes and worthli in wede. c1467 in S. Bentley (1831) 188 That no man thenk that I..undirtake the thynges abovesaide by any arrogance..to be callid worthly. a1500 (a1425) (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) (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 233 Canstou me graiþ tellen To any worþely wijȝt. 1624 A. Leighton xvii. 63 A worthly Generall. 1973 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.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. the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] OE 125 Cyrice..is sinhwyrfel on wilewisan geworht swa fægre & swa weorþlice swa hit men on eorþan fægrost & weorþlicost beon geþencean meahton. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 17561 Werelld iss nemmnedd cossmos..Forr þatt itt iss wurþlike shridd Wiþþ sunne & mone. & sterrness. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 7068 Þu sca[l]t habben gærsume. hæhliche heom to ueden & wurðliche [c1300 Otho worþliche] scruden. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 3202 Whan þei were cloþed worþli in here wedes. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) l. 184 When we war in þat fayre palays (It was ful worthly wroght always). the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adverb] OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo ad Populum (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope (1967) I. 417 We..wurðiað wurðlice þone dæg on ðunresdæg on ðære gangwucan. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 1033 Þatt follkess haliȝdomess. Þatt wærenn inn an arrke þær Wel & wurrþlike ȝemmde. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 21 His flesc and his blod,..ȝif ic hit swa wurðliche underfenge, swa hit wurðe wære. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 1456 (MED) Boðen ysaac and ysmael Him bi-stoden wurlike and wel. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 11618 Þe lauerd agh yee worthli to lufe. 1551 S. Gardiner f. 18 For such as receaue Christes most precious body and bloud in the Sacrament worthly, they haue Christ dwellyng in them. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb] the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb] eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxx. 147 Þa onfeng Dioclitianus Galeriuse weorðlice. OE (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 (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 (Calig.) (1963) l. 2878 Þe sculleð eow wurðliche [c1300 Otho worþliche] wreken. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) l. 1428 Þan Alexander..Wynnes worthly ouer þe wallis with-in to þe cite. 1644 P. Skippon 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 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. the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner (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) (1991) 152 Do we ðe bodi in ðe bale & berȝen ðe soule, Ðat is ure heued ȝeuelic; helde we it wurðlic. c1450 (Harl. 6580) (1933) 182 Effecte of this sacrament es of many vertuys to hym that receyueȝ it worthly. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham xviii Hyt was so gret and ynestymable that y can not remembre..how y myght wordly speke of hyt. 1546 A. Kelton sig. e.iiii Of the blood Notable and good I coulde worthly expresse Kinges of renowne. 1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres viii. sig. Rrr.ivv No doubt we should worthly be found gilty, both of rebellion and treason. 1609 tr. in R. Smith 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. 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