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Worthy

adjective

(compar. worthier; superl. worthiest)

Having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable. "A worthy cause"

Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse. Synonyms: desirable, suitable.

Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way. "A fact worthy of attention"

noun

(pl. worthies)

An important, honorable person (word is often used humorously). "Local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable"

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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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