What is another word for deservedly?

Pronunciation: [dɪzˈɜːvɪdlɪ] (IPA)

Deservedly is a word used to indicate that someone has earned something or is deserving of it. Synonyms for this word can include justifiably, rightfully, appropriately, properly, and fittingly. These words all convey a sense that the person being described has worked hard, done something right, or otherwise earned the reward or recognition in question. Other synonyms for deservedly might include justly, meritoriously, or even cogently or convincingly, depending on the context or situation. Ultimately, any of these synonyms can help add nuance and depth to your writing, allowing you to convey a more precise and nuanced meaning to your readers.

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What are the opposite words for deservedly?

Antonyms for the word "deservedly" imply that something is not earned or justified. Some antonyms include unjustly, unfairly, improperly, and inaccurately. These words suggest that the outcome or consequence is not appropriate or deserved. Examples of using antonyms for "deservedly" in a sentence could be: "He was unjustly punished for a crime he didn't commit" or "She unfairly lost her job due to office politics." It's important to recognize when a situation is unfair or unjust and work towards finding a solution that is deservedly just for all parties involved.

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Usage examples for Deservedly

So far Defoe and Richardson and Fielding were perfectly right and deservedly successful because they described the actual human beings whom they saw before them, instead of regarding a setting forth of plain facts as something below the dignity of the artist.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
If she loses the war, and Ireland is foolish enough to identify itself with her, Ireland will deservedly share in her punishment....
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
The boy passed some four or five years with his grand-uncle the priest and then went to finish his studies with a brother of his father, Dr. Laennec, a physician who has left a deservedly honored name.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh

Famous quotes with Deservedly

  • What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
    Ovid
  • Friedman was right, on a very big issue. His insight deservedly raised his prestige and that of the Chicago School of economics to new heights, and gave his earlier, monetarist critique of Keynesianism new respectability. But it is important to realize the limits of what Friedman's analysis of stagflation achieved.
    Milton Friedman
  • The repeat run of (BBC2) drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of the is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics.
    Clive James
  • He was a confidence-man, pauper, tutor, blackmailer, paedophile, translator – and author of seven novels and a number of short stories. Rolfe was a trickster whose failed life stank to himself as to the few friends whom he had and betrayed. But he was a fascinating figure: a bore, but also a pseudo-Borgian freak whose vindictiveness and paranoia have deservedly become legendary.
    Frederick Rolfe

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