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deservedly

/dɪˈzɜːvɪdli/ adverb C2
  1. In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
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I need not explain myself farther; and though _we_ know this anxiety to be quite needless, yet if she feels it, it will easily account for her behaviour to me; and so deservedly dear as he is to his sister, whatever anxiety she may feel on his behalf is natural and amiable.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 171 · B2
Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of Birds!” This he said deceitfully; but the Crow, anxious to refute the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw and dropped the flesh.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 32 · B2

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