Meanings
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1
adv
as deserved
They chalked up two goals which deservedly gave the team their second victory of the season.
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2
adv
In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
1847-48, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 2008, Digireads.com Publishing, page 437, Emmy, he remembered, was at one time cruelly and deservedly jealous of Rebecca, […] .
Etymology
From deserved + -ly.