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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

... and the valley to watch the lover out of sight, moved and simply happy as a woman who is not a saint. Her whiteness loves that colour; her paleness warms itself at that glow; her gentleness glories in that force. She makes no question but that he is worthy of her love. Her high spirituality has intuition no doubt of the vast potentialities of good in that superabundant life, which of itself seems a virtue as well ...

— The Wagnerian Romances • Gertrude Hall

... received a galvanic shock, Evelyn sprang up. Naturally, she had to place an arm on Theydon's back to permit of her head approaching near enough to the telephone. Thus, the three heads were almost touching each other; if an artist had been present he would have obtained a study in facial expressions worthy of Phil May ...

— Number Seventeen • Louis Tracy

... Fortunately a large portion of its contents has been preserved, in extracts made by Mr. Hutchins, the historian of Dorsetshire, and by the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.; but the manuscript certainly contained much more of great local interest, and some matters which were worthy of publication. In the Memoir already mentioned, p. 87, the history of the manuscript down to the time of its disappearance is fully traced. Referring such of your readers as may feel interested in the subject to that volume, and reserving for the future numbers a long list of other ...

— Notes & Queries 1849.12.01 • Various

... Miss Wodehouse, with a blush worthy of eighteen. It was perhaps the first time that the fact had been so broadly stated, and the sudden announcement made before two men overwhelmed the timid woman. Then she was older than Lucy, and had picked up in the course of her career ...

— The Perpetual Curate • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

... to strengthen your mind, Johnnie, dear," she said. "These portraits, for example. Here are Luther, Mahomet, and Theodore Parker, three of the great Protestants of the world. Life, to be worthy, must be more or less of a protest always. I want you to renumber that. This photograph is of Michael Angelo's Moses. I got you that too, because it is so strong. I want you to be strong. Do you ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

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