featly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈfiːt.li/
Definition of featly
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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(archaic, dialectal)Properly; suitably.
“Why may not a man beare himselfe betweene enemies featly [translating commodément] and faithfully?”
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adv
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(archaic, dialectal)Properly; suitably.
“Why may not a man beare himselfe betweene enemies featly [translating commodément] and faithfully?”
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(archaic, dialectal)With skill or talent; cleverly, skilfully.
“He had alſo ſet a prieſt of his and a ſeculer ſeruaunt of his beſyde to by [buy] many of the ſame ſuyte [of books], & double and treble of one ſorte, whiche were by thẽ [them] vttred to diuers yonge ſcholers ſuch as thei founde properly witted, feately lerned, and newfangly mynded.”
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(archaic, dialectal)Gracefully or elegantly.
“[…] Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.”
adj
- (archaic, dialectal)Skilful.
- (archaic, dialectal)Graceful or elegant.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English fetly, corresponding to feat + -ly.
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