worthliness

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noun

The state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.

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Meanings

nounworthliness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being worthly; valuableness; importance; stateliness; dignity; worthiness; excellence.

    Some undergraduates will advance while some graduates will retreat, so that in the end their worthliness may be cancelled in parallel lines.

    1909, The Medical standard
    1 more example

    We confess it appears to us that knowledge of character, quick perception into the worth or worthliness of those about us, in no degree depends on, or can be governed by, any system or theory whatever.

    1862, Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon, The British quarterly review

Origin

From worthly + -ness.

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APA

worthliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthliness

MLA

“worthliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worthliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthliness.

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