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worthliness

worthliness noun: the state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.

Noun

worthliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.
    • We confess it appears to us that knowledge of character, quick perception into the worth or worthliness of those about us, in no degree depends on, or can be governed by, any system or theory whatever.1862, Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon, The British quarterly review
    • Some undergraduates will advance while some graduates will retreat, so that in the end their worthliness may be cancelled in parallel lines.1909, The Medical standard

Origin of worthliness

From worthly + -ness.

Words formed from worthliness

  • unworthliness

Questions about worthliness

What does worthliness mean?
Worthliness means the state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.
What part of speech is worthliness?
Worthliness is a noun.

Words near worthliness in the dictionary

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

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