featly
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fetly, corresponding to feat + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editfeatly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
- (archaic, dialectal) Properly; suitably.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 1, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Why may not a man beare himselfe betweene enemies featly [translating commodément] and faithfully?
- (archaic, dialectal) With skill or talent; cleverly, skilfully.
- (archaic, dialectal) Gracefully or elegantly.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
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editfeatly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
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