Crossword clues for worthier
worthier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Full worthy was he in his lordes war.
--Chaucer.These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities.
--Shak.Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be.
--Milton.This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
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Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
--Shak.The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel.
--Shak.Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
--Matt. iii. 11.And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness.
--Milton.The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
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Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
Worthy women of the town.
--Chaucer.Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.
--Burrill.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: worthy)
WordNet
adj. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "no student deemed worthy, and chosen for admission, would be kept out for lack of funds"- Nathan Pusey; "worthy of acclaim"; "orthy of consideration"; "a worthy cause" [ant: unworthy]
worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable, suitable]
meriting respect or esteem; "the worthy gentleman"
having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor" [syn: noble, solid, upstanding]
morally admirable; "a worthy citizen"
n. word is often used humorously
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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.