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featously

featously adverb: attractively, beautifully.

Adverb

featously (comparative more featously, superlative most featously)

  1. (obsolete) Attractively, beautifully.
    • Fetislich hir fyngres · were fretted with golde wyre / And þere-on red rubyes · as red as any glede.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II
    • Mansell is a merry one and is right worthy love, / Whom Nature wrought so featously her cunning for to prove.c. 1570, Richard Edwardes, Collected Works, Manchester, published 2001

Forms of featously

comparativemore featously
superlativemost featously

Origin of featously

From featous + -ly.

Questions about featously

What does featously mean?
Featously means attractively, beautifully.
What part of speech is featously?
Featously is an adverb.

Words near featously in the dictionary

  1. featless
  2. featliest
  3. featly
  4. featness
  5. featous
  6. featously
  7. feats
  8. feats of strength
  9. featuous
  10. featurable
  11. featural

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