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likeworthy

likeworthy adjective: worthy of being liked; likeable.

Adjective

likeworthy (comparative likeworthier or more likeworthy, superlative likeworthiest or most likeworthy)

  1. Worthy of being liked; likeable.
    • None of your hatred should have prevented me, for I am a very likeworthy man.1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court
    • Quite a few literature studies demonstrate likeworthy results with instrumented fusions as with uninstrumented (Thomsen et al. 1997, Fritzell et al. 2002).2005, Michel Guez, Acta orthopaedica: Supplementum

Forms of likeworthy

comparativelikeworthier
comparativemore likeworthy
superlativelikeworthiest
superlativemost likeworthy

Origin of likeworthy

From like (verb) + -worthy. Compare Old English līcwyrþe (“fit to please; well-pleasing; acceptable; agreeable”, literally “like-worthy”).

Questions about likeworthy

What does likeworthy mean?
Likeworthy means worthy of being liked; likeable.
What part of speech is likeworthy?
Likeworthy is an adjective.

Words near likeworthy in the dictionary

  1. likewalks
  2. likeways
  3. likewise
  4. likewised
  5. likewize
  6. likeworthy
  7. likey
  8. Likhvinian
  9. likin
  10. liking
  11. liking it or lumping it

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