facetely

English

Etymology

From facete +‎ -ly.

Adverb

facetely (comparative more facetely, superlative most facetely)

1. (obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , III.2.2.ii:

     the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]