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well-favouredly

well-favouredly adverb: beautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.

Adverb

well-favouredly (comparative more well-favouredly, superlative most well-favouredly)

  1. (obsolete) Beautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.
    1. (obsolete, usually, ironically, beating, punishment) Severely (cf. handsomely).
  2. (obsolete) Lavishly, liberally, generously, handsomely.
    • I bought thee kerchers to thy head,
      that were wrought fine and gallantly:
      I kept thee both at boord and bed,
      Which cost my purse wel fauouredly.1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 3), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights
  3. (obsolete) By good fortune, happily.

Forms of well-favouredly

comparativemore well-favouredly
superlativemost well-favouredly
alternative formwell-favoredly

Origin of well-favouredly

From well-favoured + -ly.

Questions about well-favouredly

What does well-favouredly mean?
Well-favouredly means beautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.
What part of speech is well-favouredly?
Well-favouredly is an adverb.

Words near well-favouredly in the dictionary

  1. well-endowed
  2. well-equipped
  3. well-established
  4. well-favored
  5. well-favoured
  6. well-favouredly
  7. well-fed
  8. well-filled
  9. well-fitted
  10. well-fixed
  11. well-formed

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