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Of greater merit
Answer for the clue "Of greater merit ", 8 letters:
worthier
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a. (en-comparative of: worthy )
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. Worthier ; superl. Worthiest. ] [OE. worthi, wur[thorn]i, from worth, wur[thorn], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eth]ugr, D. waardig, G. w["u]rdig, OHG. wird[=i]g. See Worth , n.] Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; ...
Usage examples of worthier.
I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella’s reproach.
Put me aside for ever – you have done so, I well know – but bestow yourself on some worthier person than Drummle.
If you can like me only half as well once more, if you can take me with all my faults and disappointments on my head, if you can receive me like a forgiven child (and indeed I am as sorry, Biddy, and have as much need of a hushing voice and a soothing hand), I hope I am a little worthier of you that I was – not much, but a little.
Oh, my dear, it might have been a better fortune for you, if you had been fond of someone else - of someone steadier and much worthier than me, who was all bound up in you, and never vain and changeable like me!
I used to think there were so many whom you might have married, who would not have brought such charge and trouble on you, and who would have made your home a worthier home.