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worthlier

worthlier is the comparative form of worthly.

Meaning of worthly

Adjective

worthly (comparative worthlier or more worthly, superlative worthliest or most worthly)

  1. Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of).
    • It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford...

Questions about worthlier

What is worthlier the comparative form of?
Worthlier is the comparative form of worthly.

Words near worthlier in the dictionary

  1. worthlessly
  2. worthlessness
  3. worthlessnesses
  4. Worthley
  5. Worthleys
  6. worthlier
  7. worthliest
  8. worthliness
  9. worthly
  10. worths
  11. worthship

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