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feckful, a.|ˈfɛkfʊl|
Also 7 fectful.
[f. feck n.1 + -ful.]
Efficient, vigorous, powerful.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (1885) 108 Gif he be feckful, and haue grace to correct maneris in wicked persones. 1606tr. Rollock's Lect. 2 Thess. iv. ii. 49 Wher boldnes in preaching the Gospell is, there is effectualnes in it, & the man who hes this boldnes, is a fectfull man. 1678R. MacWard Let. in Scots Worthies (1826) 429 He was the most faithful, feckful compassionate and indefatigable elder. 1721Ramsay To Will. Starrat 27 Feckfu folks can front the bauldest wind. 1722W. Hamilton Life Wallace iii 28 Great room he made..Till mony a feckful Chiel that Day was slain. 1811Willan W. Riding Gloss., Feckful, strong and brawny.
Hence ˈfeckfully adv.
1723M. Ward Contendings 153 That great man of God, who hath so faithfully, so fectfully, and so zealously served his Generation. |