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farrantly, a. north. dial.|ˈfærəntlɪ|
Also 8–9 far-, farrently.
[f. farrant a. + -ly1.]
1. Of a person.
a. Comely, handsome, good-looking.
b. Genteel, respectable.
1674Ray N.C. Words 17 Farantly, handsome. 1790Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) 20 Whya hang thee, thau er farrantly enuff tae leak at. 1794Mrs. Darwall Poems I. 95 Five farently youths for her wasted their prime. 1867Cornh. Mag. XV. 731 So took up wi' a farrantly whench.
2. Of a thing: Becoming, fit, proper.
c1750J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) Wks. 72 There's none sitch farrantly tawk abeawtr'. 1839Cumbrld. & Westm. Dial. 13 Tae spin tow for bord claiths en sheets..wod hev been mitch mair farently then ritin books. 1855E. Waugh in Harland's Lanc. Lyrics 136 A farrantly bargain he'd be. |