deservedly

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Deservedly so, because Dave Roberts has become the best manager in the sport by consistently adhering to the words that he first spoke to me on that November day in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Deservedly he then got on the scoresheet himself with the fourth from the penalty spot.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

Deservedly or not, he acquired a reputation as a temperamental, highhanded performer who was difficult to work with.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

Deservedly, it scored either side of half time.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2012

Deservedly, then, I miss that exulting sense of accomplishment, which is the reward of those who never calculate, but who, when an attempt is to be made, dare and do, and most likely win.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston