well-deserved

== English == === Alternative forms === well deserved === Etymology === From well +‎ deserved. === Adjective === well-deserved (comparative more well-deserved, superlative most well-deserved) emphatic form of deserved (when used as an adjective); richly deserved, well and truly earnt. a well-deserved holiday / reward / (prison) sentence ==== Translations ==== === References === “well-deserved”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.