meaning of worthly
1. To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc. , in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc. , are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc. , are equivalent phrases.
2. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
3. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
4. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
5. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
6. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
7. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
8. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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