well-merited

English

Adjective

well-merited

1. Fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.
   • 1946 January and February, G. A. Sekon, “The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:

     At each station is a level crossing, in addition to others away from stations, and, as both the road and rail traffic are heavy, the gatekeepers (mostly signalmen) are quite busy and have acquired well-merited mention for reducing delays to road traffic to a minimum.

   • 1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 385:

     One is reluctant to sour the well-merited tributes paid to Sir Brian Robertson on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the B.T.C.

References

• “well-merited”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “well-merited”, in Collins English Dictionary.