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faithly

faithly adverb: faithfully; truly.

Adverb

faithly (comparative more faithly, superlative most faithly)

  1. (archaic) faithfully; truly
    • “I Benjamin S. Holmes, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will in all things to the best of my knowledge and understang, well, justly, and faithly execute the office of a surveyor of the highway, without favour or partiality, of the township of Elsenborough in the county of Salem."1876, New Jersey Law Reports, volume 15

Forms of faithly

comparativemore faithly
superlativemost faithly

Origin of faithly

From Middle English faithli, feithly, equivalent to faith + -ly.

Questions about faithly

What does faithly mean?
Faithly means faithfully; truly.
What part of speech is faithly?
Faithly is an adverb.

Words near faithly in the dictionary

  1. faithless elector
  2. faithless electors
  3. faithlessly
  4. faithlessness
  5. faithlessnesses
  6. faithly
  7. faiths
  8. faithwise
  9. faithworthiness
  10. faithworthy
  11. faithy

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