worthily

1. 1.

   in a worthy manner; with worthiness

Questions about worthily

What does worthily mean?

worthily means "in a worthy manner; with worthiness".

How many syllables are in worthily?

worthily has 3 syllables and divides as wor-thi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is worthily a common word?

worthily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.