Worthiness
having adequate or great merit, character, or value:
a worthy successor.
of commendable excellence or merit; deserving:
a book worthy of praise; a person worthy to lead.
a person of eminent worth, merit, or position:
the town worthies included two doctors.
contemporary examples
antiq hennis’s bl–dy stroller shames new york city mayor’s race michael daly september 3, 2013
june, the month when pride isn’t a sin gene robinson june 21, 2014
‘awful middle-cl-ss queens’ kevin sessums april 8, 2009
historical examples
the pharaoh and the priest alexander glovatski
a dish of orts george macdonald
magnum bonum charlotte m. yonge
child and country will levington comfort
highacres jane abbott
somehow good william de morgan
dolly’s college experiences mabel cronise jones
adjective -thier, -thiest
(postpositive; often foll by of or an infinitive) having sufficient merit or value (for something or someone specified); deserving
having worth, value, or merit
noun (pl) -thies
(often facetious) a person of distinguished character, merit, or importance
adj.
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such as to repay one’s time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book. historical examples martin eden jack london adjective sufficiently important, rewarding, or valuable to justify time or effort spent adj.
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