Definition of "worthly" [worthly]

• Having great worth or value; valuable; important; dignified; stately; excellent; worthy; deserving (of). (adjective)

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• "There are many other proposed developments (even along N Williams) that are more worthly of tax exemption benefits in this tight economic climate than the Albert Apartments."
• "I don't doubt that he's impressive and qualified, but lecturer status means that he's a teacher, not a scholar in the sense of having had his publications deemed worthly of tenure."
• "The Becks, the Limbaughs and the Savages seem to be at the top of this heap, and it is not a worthly or life-affirming place to be."