deservedly so

idiom

used to say that someone or something should have been treated a certain way
He has been accused of being selfish, and deservedly so.

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Guan Hu’s win in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year with Black Dog grabbed headlines — and deservedly so. Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024 Ultimately, the contract will land north of $600 million, deservedly so. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 One of the few exceptions to this is Mencken, and deservedly so. Ben Jacobs, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024 Crypto companies were highly criticized, and in some instances deservedly so, but what about the failures on financial technology firms providing traditional products? Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 And then of course, there’s A Woman Under the Influence, which, of all the films the two made together, is the one Rowlands is most remembered for, and deservedly so. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024 And deservedly so: With so much going on under Shin-ae’s surface, the audience relies on Do-Yeon’s shifting mien to show us that even in the wake of unbearable tragedy, a range of feeling and human experience endures. Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024 Yes, in the Fales Library archive, there is a good deal of unpublished material, most of it deservedly so. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 Part Two is still raking in the moolah at the box office, and deservedly so. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2024

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“Deservedly so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deservedly%20so. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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