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handfastly

handfastly adverb: in a handfast manner.

Adverb

handfastly (comparative more handfastly, superlative most handfastly)

  1. (obsolete) In a handfast manner
    • the Scots would most holilie and handfastlie promise , the English would forthwith depart with a quiet armie1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Forms of handfastly

comparativemore handfastly
superlativemost handfastly

Origin of handfastly

From handfast + -ly.

Questions about handfastly

What does handfastly mean?
Handfastly means in a handfast manner.
What part of speech is handfastly?
Handfastly is an adverb.

Words near handfastly in the dictionary

  1. handeth
  2. handfast
  3. handfasted
  4. handfasting
  5. handfastings
  6. handfastly
  7. handfasts
  8. handfed
  9. handfeed
  10. handfeeding
  11. handfeeds

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