Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of worth; worthy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of worth; worthy; deserving.
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- adjective Full of
worth ,merit orvalue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having worth or merit or value
Etymologies
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Examples
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To this judge “the slenderest kind” of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.
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A hint of encouragement now, the feeling that men like yourself think him worthful and deserving of special kindly treatment, and I feel certain he will do great things.
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There are many scholars in India who do not consider the integral phiolosphy of Sri Aurobindo as a worthful or significant contribution to human race or to India.
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The disagreement was over the soundness of Bob's argument that a foetus is equally worthful.
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The disagreement was over the soundness of Bob's argument that a foetus is equally worthful.
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Their ideas might be more resourceful and worthful for us.
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And, to be sure, this unity, as we have already remarked, has its own value; the mind delights in order just for its own sake, and the artist, who is bent on making something worthful on its own account, strives to develop it for that reason.
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To this judge “the slenderest kind” of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.
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A hint of encouragement now, the feeling that men like yourself think him worthful and deserving of special kindly treatment, and I feel certain he will do great things.
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To this judge "the slenderest kind" of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.
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