worthiest
- 1Superlative of worthy.
The committee awarded the scholarship to the worthiest applicant.
Among the many nominees, she stood out as the worthiest recipient of the honor.
Note
The inflected superlative, built the regular way for an adjective ending in -y: the y turns to i before -est, just as it does in the comparative worthier. It belongs only to the adjective. Worthy as a noun, a distinguished or virtuous person, takes no degrees. In use it usually ranks candidates for something: the worthiest applicant is the one most deserving of the prize, not simply the one of greatest value.
worthiest is a form of worthy
worthy, adjective: Deserving of something, or having sufficient merit to earn it. Full entry
- Spelling
- worthy → worthiest: change y to i, add -est
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