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Condignly

Condignly \Con*dign"ly\, adv. According to merit.

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condignly

adv. (context especially of a punishment English) appropriate

Usage examples of "condignly".

This mating must happen if your will is to prevail if He is to prevail the race of Mental Man who will condignly rule the stars.

A reasonably good start occurring, he succeeded, after a short but smart run, and some rather severe cross-country work under and over the bedsteads, and in and out among the intricacies of the chairs, in capturing this infant, whom he condignly punished, and bore to bed.

Anarchy had punished them more condignly and suddenly than anything the law might have metered out.

In this one I come off looking like a schmuck, and don't we all love stories in which the invincible hero, the all-knowing savant, the omnipotent smartass is condignly flummoxed?

Any attacks on civilian property will be swiftly and condignly punished by death, the apprehended perpetrators being hung at the place of their crime.