Deservedly
adverb
In a way that is earned or deserved because of something done or qualities shown.
They deservedly won the game after displaying such a brilliant performance.
Often appears as...
- deservedly proud
- deservedly popular
adverb
In a way that is earned or deserved because of something done or qualities shown.
They deservedly won the game after displaying such a brilliant performance.
Often appears as...
- deservedly proud
- deservedly popular
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Actions
Use 'deservedly' when someone's positive actions lead to a good outcome or reward.
After studying all week, she deservedly aced the test.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition
'Deservedly' implies that recognition or a positive result is fair and just for the effort made.
He was deservedly applauded for his honesty.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Fairness
Use 'deservedly' to emphasize the fairness of a situation, often to counter doubt or criticism.
Despite the controversy, she deservedly received the award.
Compare with
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lepers we have in India's is somewhere between five and ten thousand left and we lost theatre in nineteen sixty so big cats are in pretty serious trouble and lions we have less than four hundred lines left in India you know but Tigers get all the attention deservedly so but
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An old friend who never...
friend certainly an old friend of mine from way back a friend of all of ours a destructive friend admittedly deservedly I'd be the first to admit and yet
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Hangout to Cause an...
lepers we have in India's is somewhere between five and ten thousand left and we lost theatre in nineteen sixty so big cats are in pretty serious trouble and lions we have less than four hundred lines left in India you know but Tigers get all the attention deservedly so but
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An old friend who never...
friend certainly an old friend of mine from way back a friend of all of ours a destructive friend admittedly deservedly I'd be the first to admit and yet
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Ehud Barak
Israeli Statesman
I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door.
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Jon Landau
American Producer
Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly on a voice. Many R&B producers have been making records on which the singer is outshined by the song, the arrangement and the sound.
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Jennifer Grant
American Actress
Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.
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Justin Rosenstein
American Businessman
Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.
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Geoff Johns
American Writer
I think Aquaman feels - and deservedly so - like an A-list, premier DC hero. I hope that carries on; it certainly will carry over to Justice League.
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Ovid
Roman Poet
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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John Lydon
English Musician
The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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Tom Herman
American Coach
The University of Texas is a place, a special place, that deservedly holds a seat among college football elite.
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.
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Sienna Miller
American Actress
I experienced the judgement of a lot of people - and deservedly so.
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Ehud Barak
Israeli Statesman
I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door.
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Jon Landau
American Producer
Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly on a voice. Many R&B producers have been making records on which the singer is outshined by the song, the arrangement and the sound.
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Jennifer Grant
American Actress
Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.
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Justin Rosenstein
American Businessman
Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.
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Geoff Johns
American Writer
I think Aquaman feels - and deservedly so - like an A-list, premier DC hero. I hope that carries on; it certainly will carry over to Justice League.
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Ovid
Roman Poet
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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John Lydon
English Musician
The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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Tom Herman
American Coach
The University of Texas is a place, a special place, that deservedly holds a seat among college football elite.
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.
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Sienna Miller
American Actress
I experienced the judgement of a lot of people - and deservedly so.
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