faithfully
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English feithfulli, equivalent to faithful + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editfaithfully (comparative more faithfully, superlative most faithfully)
- In a faithful manner.
- The CD reproduces music faithfully.
- I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.
- 1990, “Policy of Truth”, in Violator, performed by Depeche Mode:
- You'll see your problems multiplied / if you continually decide / to faithfully pursue / the policy of truth.
- (US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.
Synonyms
edit- (formula for ending correspondence): yours faithfully (UK)
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editin a faithful manner
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