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far-fetchedly

far-fetchedly adverb: in a far-fetched manner.

Adverb

far-fetchedly (comparative more far-fetchedly, superlative most far-fetchedly)

  1. In a far-fetched manner.
    • At first glance, Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia epitomises an art-form that has for 400 years fetishised victimhood, objectified women, and rewarded their sexual activity with death. (Consensuality is rarely a material factor.) But in this opera there is no sense ­ however...2001 June 17, Anna Picard, “The Rape of Lucretia, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026
    • In the course of his argument Fish does some close analysis of particular texts, sometimes brilliantly, sometimes far-fetchedly, as when he wants the word "raised" in "Paradise Lost" to mean not only what it seems to mean but also its opposite, "razed"; or when he finds, in Milton's account of the...2001 June 24, Frank Kermode, “Cross-Examining Milton”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2001

Examples of far-fetchedly in a sentence

  • "She's a scream." Apply it to the British writer Fay Weldon, because her novels can be far-fetchedly funny and because what the comedy fetches is a far-ranging order of women's fury.2003 June 4, Richard Eder, “BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Writing Off a Past to Write Freely of a Future”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The...
  • But nobody has so far presented evidence that he was actually poisoned by the FSB or, more far-fetchedly, on Mr Putin's orders.2006 November 20, Andrew Osborn, “Dangers that stalk the enemies of Putin”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN...

Forms of far-fetchedly

comparativemore far-fetchedly
superlativemost far-fetchedly
alternative formfarfetchedly

Origin of far-fetchedly

From far-fetched + -ly.

Questions about far-fetchedly

What does far-fetchedly mean?
Far-fetchedly means in a far-fetched manner.
How do you use far-fetchedly in a sentence?
"She's a scream." Apply it to the British writer Fay Weldon, because her novels can be far-fetchedly funny and because what the comedy fetches is a far-ranging order of women's fury.
What part of speech is far-fetchedly?
Far-fetchedly is an adverb.

Words near far-fetchedly in the dictionary

  1. Far-Downer
  2. Far-Downers
  3. far-famed
  4. far-feeling
  5. far-fetched
  6. far-fetchedly
  7. far-fetchedness
  8. far-field
  9. far-flung
  10. far-flungness
  11. far-gone

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