Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In accordance with merit; by merit; deservedly; worthily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By merit; deservedly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb By
merit ;deservedly .
Etymologies
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merited + -ly
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Examples
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And because no better index can be had of a man than the companion with whom he keeps company, and meritedly one who keeps company with honest companions acquires a good name, for it is impossible that he does not have some similitude with them.
Discourses 2003
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If it is out of date, you will be meritedly censured for rudeness.
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901
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