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fastidiously

fastidiously adverb: in a fastidious manner.

Adverb

fastidiously (comparative more fastidiously, superlative most fastidiously)

  1. In a fastidious manner.
    • You know me, Sir! cried Susannah fastidiously, and with a toss of her head,—levelled evidently, not at his profession, but at the doctor himself,—you know me! cried Susannah again.1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]
    • He coughed, put on his glasses, arranged them fastidiously, coughed again, and wished something would happen to avert the seemingly inevitable exposure.1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 11, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC

Forms of fastidiously

comparativemore fastidiously
superlativemost fastidiously

Origin of fastidiously

From fastidious + -ly.

Questions about fastidiously

What does fastidiously mean?
Fastidiously means in a fastidious manner.
What part of speech is fastidiously?
Fastidiously is an adverb.

Words near fastidiously in the dictionary

  1. fasti
  2. fastidiosities
  3. fastidiosity
  4. fastidious
  5. fastidious organism
  6. fastidiously
  7. fastidiousness
  8. fastidity
  9. fastidium
  10. fastigia
  11. fastigial

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