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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
worthy
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worthy opponent (=one who deserves respect)
▪ The Democratic Senator has shown himself to be a worthy opponent.
a worthy successor (=someone who is good and deserves to be someone's successor)
▪ He is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business.
a worthy/deserving cause (=a good cause)
▪ The Red Cross is a very worthy cause.
be worthy of mention (=deserve to be talked about)
▪ This book is particularly worthy of mention for the clarity of its writing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ But there was no doubt that it was Rangers who deserved to emerge from this memorable encounter as worthy victors.
▪ Often, the columnists give criteria to sellers for appraising the buyer as worthy.
▪ And surely the cenotaph itself is as worthy a target as Churchill.
▪ How do I know you are as worthy as he?
▪ Local sporting traditions were ignored in favour of a handful of sports which were singled out as worthy of national broadcasting.
▪ It was, after all, an advance to see pottery as worthy of study and publication.
▪ No one but a native would consider such details, uninformative to the outsider, as worthy of note.
more
▪ The pair have been at loggerheads over which of them was more worthy of the player of the century accolade.
▪ Others, however, thought that there were other health problems more worthy of their attention.
▪ I mean, wouldn't a nice tortoise be a more worthy beneficiary than the reptilian Jamie?
▪ Find a more worthy group we did not.
▪ Could I in fact have chosen in a manner more worthy of my dignity as a rational agent?
▪ Such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff more worthy of the Académie Française, but it matters.
▪ So much more worthy an impulse for taking an interest in a competition than patriotism.
most
▪ Of them all Claythorpe watermill is the one most worthy of exploration.
▪ Richard Lamm or billionaire Ross Perot would make the most worthy presidential candidate.
very
▪ Social reform was very worthy, of course, but I confess I'd rather hear about the battles.
▪ If they're going to carry the banner, they're very worthy.
▪ His 78 was a very worthy contribution.
■ NOUN
cause
▪ Membership of these and other worthy causes mean that our countryside is not lost to over development.
▪ Except all these worthy causes will be lucky to see half that $ 40 million.
▪ Any spare cash he preferred to donate to more worthy causes.
▪ She hoped that she did not appear to others like a worthy cause.
▪ Certainly we're called on to make a large number of personal appearances, frequently for worthy causes.
▪ The same logic extends easily to all sorts of other apparently worthy causes.
▪ Would you please consider donating to this worthy cause.
goal
▪ This is a worthy goal, but it should have nothing to do with the famine.
▪ Such a fund would put more control in the hands of managers-a worthy goal in itself.
opponent
▪ Belfast proved worthy opponents, attacking tenaciously and not giving at the back.
▪ The 49ers want to validate their 7-1 first-half record with a victory over a worthy opponent.
▪ An Orc's life is therefore spent in constant battle either with his fellow Orcs or against some worthy opponent.
▪ Roper, who is as sharp with a put-down as he is with a knockdown, has run out of worthy opponents.
▪ Thus, we respect a worthy opponent in the sense that we are alert to his strength.
▪ Hilary, he's not a worthy opponent.
successor
▪ A worthy successor has emerged with the Annual Gala, raising funds to help village projects and renovations.
▪ Bob Stevenson has been a worthy successor to Methodist leaders who stamped their personalities on the county.
▪ He has proved a worthy successor to them.
winner
▪ The tourists came here principally to win the Test series and they proved to be worthy winners.
▪ But by then Leeds were worthy winners.
▪ It was a good goal; a worthy winner.
▪ Elizabeth Dole and Wendy Lee Gramm would each have been worthy winners.
▪ This time the hat-trick chance was taken and Sandrock emerged worthy winners.
▪ Lion Cavern came from last in a slowly-run race and displayed commendable resolution to emerge a narrow but worthy winner.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
worthy/deserving of note
▪ Three Latin American novels are especially worthy of note.
▪ A number of measures of lesser importance but worthy of note were passed during Pinay Cuevas' ministership.
▪ But the miners' sense of anger at the prolonged destruction of their industry is also worthy of note.
▪ Finally, one general feature of the framework of this subsection is worthy of note, in order to facilitate comparisons between models.
▪ If this loyalty is stretched over a period of 28 years, it is certainly worthy of note!
▪ Other strategies are worthy of note.
▪ Our request for bagels worthy of note drew more than 500 responses.
▪ Secondly, the ancestors of Doctor Who are worthy of note, especially considering the nature of the show.
▪ This service is superb and worthy of note in your magazine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Brodkey's book is worthy bedtime reading.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But his matchwinner ten minutes from time was worthy of any international striker.
▪ His manual was a contribution to that worthy objective.
▪ Other strategies are worthy of note.
▪ Roper, who is as sharp with a put-down as he is with a knockdown, has run out of worthy opponents.
▪ To me, this would seem to be a worthy object of the game.
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Rutledge definitely has a place among other American worthies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He sold it to worthies around the hills.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Worthy

Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. Worthies. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.

The blood of ancient worthies in his veins.
--Cowper.

Worthy

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.]

  1. 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.
    --Sir J. Davies.

  2. 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.
    --Dryden.

  3. 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.

Worthy

Worthy \Wor"thy\, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
worthy

mid-13c., "having merit," from worth (n.) + -y (2). Old English had weorþful in this sense. Attested from late 14c. as a noun meaning "person of merit" (especially in Nine Worthies, famous men of history and legend: Joshua, David, Judas Maccabæus, Hector, Alexander, Julius Cæsar, Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon -- three Jews, three gentiles, three Christians). Related: Worthily; worthiness.

Wiktionary
worthy

Etymology 1

  1. 1 having worth, merit(,) or value 2 honourable or admirable 3 deserving, or having sufficient worth 4 Suited; befitting. n. a distinguished or eminent person Etymology 2

    v

  2. (context transitive English) To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.

WordNet
worthy

  1. 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]

  2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable, suitable]

  3. meriting respect or esteem; "the worthy gentleman"

  4. having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor" [syn: noble, solid, upstanding]

  5. morally admirable; "a worthy citizen"

  6. n. word is often used humorously

  7. [also: worthiest, worthier]

Wikipedia
Worthy

Worthy can refer to:

Worthy (Bettye LaVette album)

Worthy is a studio album from Bettye LaVette. Red Cherry Records released the album on January 27, 2015. She worked with Joe Henry, in the production of this album. The album was nominated for Best Blues Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Usage examples of "worthy".

Following his advice, I wrote to the secretary of the Tribunal to the effect that I was happy to have given the Government a proof of my zeal, and an earnest of my desire to be useful to my country and to be worthy of being recalled.

Hast thou plunged thy house in calamity, and will no worthier wish occur to thee, than to leave it to its sorrows and distress, with the aggravating pangs of causing thy afflicting, however blamable self-desertion?

The worthy friend of Athanasius, the worthy antagonist of Julian, he bravely wrestled with the Arians and Polytheists, and though he affected the rigor of geometrical demonstration, his commentaries revealed the literal and allegorical sense of the Scriptures.

Everywhere the sacred body of Nature was covered with the veil of allegory, which concealed it from the profane, and allowed it to be seen only by the sage who thought it worthy to be the object of his study and investigation.

Omar himself confessed from the pulpit, that if any Mussulman should hereafter presume to anticipate the suffrage of his brethren, both the elector and the elected would be worthy of death.

And so, as if he were a worthy Architect properly gowned and cleansed, he opened the door to the meditation hall and stepped inside.

The presbyters aspired to the episcopal office, which every day became an object more worthy of their ambition.

What had possessed the Archimage Binah to think that they were worthy to carry instruments of profound magical power?

Although a place is differently attributed to corporeal and spiritual substances, still in either case this remains in common, that the higher place is assigned to the worthier.

There is one other point worthy of remark, touching the office of chief banneret, and that is that on the occasion of any siege undertaken by the London forces, the castellain was to receive as his fee the niggardly sum of one hundred shillings for his trouble, and no more.

Doctor Bairam wished the baronet success, and diligently endeavoured to assist his search for a mate worthy of the pure-blood barb, by putting several mamas, whom he visited, on the alert.

Fenellan eyed benevolently the worthy attorney, whose innermost imp burst out periodically, like a Dutch clocksentry, to trot on his own small grounds for thinking himself of the community of the man of the world.

In the cool shade of retirement, we may easily devise imaginary forms of government, in which the sceptre shall be constantly bestowed on the most worthy, by the free and incorrupt suffrage of the whole community.

I can find a way to suitably reward you for your steadfast service, Blad my worthy.

Those counted worthy shall be accepted, be transfigured into the resemblance of the glorious Redeemer and enter into eternal blessedness in heaven.