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farfetchedly

farfetchedly is the alternative form of far-fetchedly.

Meaning of far-fetchedly

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

Forms of farfetchedly

comparativemore farfetchedly
superlativemost farfetchedly

Origin of farfetchedly

From farfetched + -ly.

Questions about farfetchedly

What is farfetchedly the alternative form of?
Farfetchedly is the alternative form of far-fetchedly.

Words near farfetchedly in the dictionary

  1. farfara
  2. farfel
  3. farfet
  4. farfetch
  5. farfetched
  6. farfetchedly
  7. farfetchedness
  8. farfetches
  9. Farfor
  10. farforth
  11. fargard

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