fetisely

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fetisly

Adverb

fetisely

1. neatly; gracefully; properly
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 122-126:

     Ful wel she song the service divyne,
     Entuned in hir nose ful semely;
     And Frensh she spak ful faire and fetisly,
     After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe,
     For Frensh of Paris was to hir unknowe.

     She sang the divine service very well,
     Intoned in her nose in a very polite manner;
     And she spoke French very well and elegantly,
     In the manner of Stratford at the Bow,
     For French of Paris was to her unknown.