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worthful

[ wurth-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of worth or merit.
  2. highly respected; esteemed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of worthful1

before 900; Middle English; Old English weorthful; worth 1, -ful

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Example Sentences

To this judge "the slenderest kind" of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.

The quotations which head the chapters, and which are meant to be read, not skipped, are more worthful than anything else in it.

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