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Worthwhile vs Worthily - What's the difference?

worthwhile | worthily |

As an adjective worthwhile

is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

As an adverb worthily is

in a worthy manner.

worthwhile

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* worth while

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
  • Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .

    worthily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in a worthy manner
  • * 2004 , Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers , Spark Educational Publishing, page 5 [http://books.google.com/books?id=np8Y_-j8u2gC&pg=PA5&dq=worthily+date:1970-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=TvBK87n6alTJ1jGUhdIlu1gWKg8]
  • […] sustain worthily' your name of gentleman, which has been ' worthily borne by your ancestors for five hundred years, both for your own sake and the sake of those who belong to you.

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