25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

deservedly \de*serv"ed*ly\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"[e^]d*l[y^]), adverb According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

deservedly

adverb: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: {undeservedly}]
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