In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
deservingly (comparative more deservingly, superlative most deservingly)
In a deserving manner.
She was deservingly jailed for her crimes.
Source: Wiktionary
De*serv"ing, n.
Definition: Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
De*serv"ing, a.
Definition: Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving or act.
– De*serv"ing*ly, adv.
De*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] Etym: [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.
2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. Massinger.
De*serve", v. i.
Definition: To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. One man may merit or deserve of another. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.