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adjective

Worthy adj. (compar. worthier; superl. worthiest)

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. "Full worthy was he in his lordes war." "These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities." "Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be." "This worthy mind should worthy things embrace."

Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. "No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway." "The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel." "Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear." "And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness." "The lodging is well worthy of the guest."

Of high station; of high social position. (Obs.) "Worthy women of the town."

Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.

noun

Worthy n. (pl. worthies) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. "The blood of ancient worthies in his veins."

verb

Worthy v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. (Obs.)

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"Worthy" Quotes from Famous Books

... been forgotten,—the plan of a house best suited for the "Fine old English Gentleman;" and we really do not care to waste our time in considering the convenience and the taste of any that do not rank with this class of men. It is absurd for any of the worthy members of that truly noble and generous class of men, to try to erect reminiscences of Italy, or any other southern clime, amid their own "tall ancestral groves" at home, here in old England. They have every right in the world to inhabit the palaces of ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 • Various

... is, his eyes were directed to the traffic, but what he saw was a merry girl in a brown sweater, showering her glances of admiration upon a raw youth of the ranges whose highest ambition was to break six bottles with six bullets. And she had even held that to be a worthy ambition. She had said, "Perhaps the day is coming when our country will want men who can shoot and ride more than it will want lawyers or professors." He smiled at the recollection of her words. The romantic ...

— The Cow Puncher • Robert J. C. Stead

... rest—insight, namely, into the motives, character, conduct, doctrines, fortunes of the individual man. It was not so with Pattison. He was essentially a bookman, but of that high type—the only type that is worthy of a spark of our admiration—which explores through books the voyages of the human reason, the shifting impulses of the human heart, the chequered fortunes of great human conceptions. Pattison knew that he is ...

— Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) - Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs • John Morley

... fire. "I ain't worthy to kiss ye, Jo," he said, lapsing into his backwoods drawl. "Wait'll I settle this thing that's come up for you. Wait'll I find out about 'the paper.' Then maybe I'll have somethin' to ...

— The She Boss - A Western Story • Arthur Preston Hankins

... decorating, and furnishing are all worthy of serious attention in the art course. Simplicity, harmony, and suitability may well be taught as the principles of good taste. Girls must learn these principles somewhere to make the most of their homes by and by. And again the public school, and probably ...

— Vocational Guidance for Girls • Marguerite Stockman Dickson

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