"well-deserved" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more well-deserved [comparative], most well-deserved [superlative]
Etymology: From well + deserved. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|well|deserved}} well + deserved Head templates: {{en-adj}} well-deserved (comparative more well-deserved, superlative most well-deserved)
  1. emphatic form of deserved (when used as an adjective); richly deserved, well and truly earnt. Tags: emphatic, form-of Form of: deserved (extra: (when used as an adjective); richly deserved, well and truly earnt) Synonyms: well deserved Translations (richly deserved): velfortjent (Danish), welverdiend (Dutch), wohlverdient (German), strameritato (Italian), velfortjent (Norwegian Bokmål), velfortent (Norwegian Nynorsk), заслу́женный (zaslúžennyj) (Russian), välförtjänt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-well-deserved-en-adj-l2LkSaaX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

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