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facetely

facetely adverb: wittily, pleasantly.

Adverb

facetely (comparative more facetely, superlative most facetely)

  1. (obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly.
    • the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […], III.2.2.ii

Forms of facetely

comparativemore facetely
superlativemost facetely

Origin of facetely

From facete + -ly.

Questions about facetely

What does facetely mean?
Facetely means wittily, pleasantly.
What part of speech is facetely?
Facetely is an adverb.

Words near facetely in the dictionary

  1. facete
  2. facetectomies
  3. facetectomy
  4. faceted
  5. facetedness
  6. facetely
  7. faceteness
  8. faceter
  9. faceters
  10. faceth
  11. facetiae

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