featlyadv.adj.

/ˈfiːtli/

Etymology: < feat adj. + -ly suffix².

Somewhat archaic.

A. adv.

a. Fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

arightc970

rightOE

properly?c1225

goodc1275

rightfully1340

truly1340

tallya1375

featlya1400

rekenlyc1400

communablya1425

fitc1440

accordantlyc1443

accordinglyc1443

justilyc1450

seemingly1483

fitlyc1550

conveniently1569

arightly1588

legitimately1593

fittinglya1643

legitimously1657

honest-like1807

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb]

wellOE

tidily1340

avenantlya1375

covenablyc1384

featlya1400

propera1400

queema1400

congruelyc1400

conably1411

cordingc1420

convenablyc1430

competentlyc1440

fitc1440

accordantlyc1443

accordinglyc1443

conveniently1447

at pointc1485

congruentlya1529

appliablyc1530

afferandly1536

suitingly1540

aptly1548

answerably1549

fitlyc1550

agreeingly1563

suitable1584

not unfitly1586

aptitudinallyc1600

handsome1600

sortfully1606

sortably1607

congruouslya1620

accommodately1623

adaptlya1648

inabusivelya1677

suitably1681

agreeably1753

appropriately1795

suitly1913

righteous1948

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly

feata1525

pickedlya1528

trimly1534

trim1544

netly1564

neata1578

neatly1577

smugly?1578

deftly1579

neatly1581

trickly1581

trick1594

sprucely1598

spruce?1605

comptly1611

snogly1615

spruntly1631

queemly1703

snodly1721

trigly1728

tidilya1756

natty1810

spick and span1815

tightly1825

featly1834

jemmily1837

nattily1849

dapperly1858

snappily1936

a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 135 Feetly with helpe sche can consent To set a cokewolde on the hye benche.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 585 He þat fetly in face fettled alle eres.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 142 Clense it feetly wel.

1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. lv^v Gellius applyeth this prouerbe verye featelye to these grosse and rude men.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 63 You will haue it [wine] smelling sweetelie, coloured featly.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall iii. sig. B2 The giuing vp of the godlies ghost may featlie be compared to three things.

1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 62 We are bluntly told..not neatly and featly.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 20/1 Frills and fringes, with gay variety of colour, featly appended.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 ‘It was all done varry feitly.’

†b. Exactly, precisely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with careful exactness

gradely1340

just1417

featlya1450

accurately1581

severely1600

rigidly1610

cleanly1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

a1450 Bk. St. Albans, Fishing (1883) 8 Bynd hem to gydur fetely so þat þe cropp may justly entur alle in to þe seyd hole.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. iv. f. xvi In this also the allegorie featly agreeth.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 A curious frame of well-ranged bulks so featly set together.

a. Cleverly, deftly, skilfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly

slylyc1275

sly1370

featly1436

addresslya1500

sleightly?c1510

clean1531

trickly1542

neatlya1547

trick1564

cleanly1583

cleverly1654

clever1664

adroitly1695

adeptly1804

slick1825

shrewdly1851

cleverishly1881

slickly1893

niftily1901

eptly1974

1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 172 Thynges wyth whiche they fetely blere oure eye.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 488/2 He..feately conuayed himself out of the frying panne, fayre into the fyre.

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G7^v Sweets: which the Bees featly draw from them.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Feitly, dexterously.

a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 181 In homely guise I featly framed My lowly speech.

1888 G. H. Radford Occas. Verses Let the gentle angler stand..And featly cast his specious fly.

b. With reference to movements, esp. dancing: With graceful agility, nimbly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill

listlyc1000

featouslya1375

featlyc1400

deftlya1500

expedient1509

deliverly1530

handsomely1530

courteouslya1533

neatlya1547

dexteriously1605

cleverly1614

featilya1640

dexterously1646

deft1805

neat1822

handily1832

as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1758 Þe lady..fetly hym kyssed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 177 She dances featly .

1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iii. ix How feately she holds up the neb to him!

1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 216 So featly tripp'd the light-foot Ladies round.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 9 Featly ath wart the ridge she runs.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxiii. 44 Their chargers featly prance.

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. xxx. 215 His..wife..danced as featly as a fairy.

1842 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Penance! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 95 Featly he kisseth his Holiness' toe.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 181 The Sapphic..moves featly to our modern accentuation.

†3. Oddly, strangely. (Cf. feat adj. 5) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour

irregularly1591

exorbitantlya1635

featly1674

unorthodoxically1733

eccentrically1737

unorthodoxly1798

nonconformably1860

kinkily1934

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 29 If my soul does not thus featly stick out of my body.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Featly, oddly, after an unusual or uncouth manner.

B. adj.

Graceful. Of a dress: Neat, well-fitting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having or characterized by bodily skill

deftc1440

daft?a1500

feat1519

clever1580

dexter1597

dexterious1628

dexterous1650

featly1801

slinky1951

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > well-fitting

well-sittinga1300

justc1440

well-fitting1576

featly1801

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful

gracious1340

gracefulc1449

elegant1483

nymphlike1567

flowing1619

gracely1648

leggiadrous1648

featly1801

gainly1871

svelte1909

1801 T. Moore Ring iii Some the featly dance amused.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 175 Her dainty person clad in featly cloak.

Derivatives

ˈfeatliness n. featly quality; gracefulness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [noun]

elegancy?a1475

elegance1545

featness1576

garb1591

vagisness1604

fashionableness1640

gentility1753

featliness1843

concinnity1855

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 98 The admirable ‘featliness’ of the Count de la Roche..was rivalled only by the more majestic grace of Edward.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	featly
释义	featlyadv.adj. /ˈfiːtli/ Etymology: < feat adj. + -ly suffix². Somewhat archaic. A. adv. 1. a. Fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] rightlyeOE arightc970 rightOE properly?c1225 goodc1275 rightfully1340 truly1340 tallya1375 featlya1400 rekenlyc1400 communablya1425 fitc1440 accordantlyc1443 accordinglyc1443 justilyc1450 seemingly1483 fitlyc1550 conveniently1569 arightly1588 legitimately1593 fittinglya1643 legitimously1657 honest-like1807 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] wellOE tidily1340 avenantlya1375 covenablyc1384 featlya1400 propera1400 queema1400 congruelyc1400 conably1411 cordingc1420 convenablyc1430 competentlyc1440 fitc1440 accordantlyc1443 accordinglyc1443 conveniently1447 at pointc1485 congruentlya1529 appliablyc1530 afferandly1536 suitingly1540 aptly1548 answerably1549 fitlyc1550 agreeingly1563 suitable1584 not unfitly1586 aptitudinallyc1600 handsome1600 sortfully1606 sortably1607 congruouslya1620 accommodately1623 adaptlya1648 inabusivelya1677 suitably1681 agreeably1753 appropriately1795 suitly1913 righteous1948 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly feata1525 pickedlya1528 trimly1534 trim1544 netly1564 neata1578 neatly1577 smugly?1578 deftly1579 neatly1581 trickly1581 trick1594 sprucely1598 spruce?1605 comptly1611 snogly1615 spruntly1631 queemly1703 snodly1721 trigly1728 tidilya1756 natty1810 spick and span1815 tightly1825 featly1834 jemmily1837 nattily1849 dapperly1858 snappily1936 a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 135 Feetly with helpe sche can consent To set a cokewolde on the hye benche. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 585 He þat fetly in face fettled alle eres. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 142 Clense it feetly wel. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. lv^v Gellius applyeth this prouerbe verye featelye to these grosse and rude men. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 63 You will haue it [wine] smelling sweetelie, coloured featly. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall iii. sig. B2 The giuing vp of the godlies ghost may featlie be compared to three things. 1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 62 We are bluntly told..not neatly and featly. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 20/1 Frills and fringes, with gay variety of colour, featly appended. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 ‘It was all done varry feitly.’ †b. Exactly, precisely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with careful exactness gradely1340 just1417 featlya1450 accurately1581 severely1600 rigidly1610 cleanly1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 a1450 Bk. St. Albans, Fishing (1883) 8 Bynd hem to gydur fetely so þat þe cropp may justly entur alle in to þe seyd hole. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. iv. f. xvi In this also the allegorie featly agreeth. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 A curious frame of well-ranged bulks so featly set together. 2. a. Cleverly, deftly, skilfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly slylyc1275 sly1370 featly1436 addresslya1500 sleightly?c1510 clean1531 trickly1542 neatlya1547 trick1564 cleanly1583 cleverly1654 clever1664 adroitly1695 adeptly1804 slick1825 shrewdly1851 cleverishly1881 slickly1893 niftily1901 eptly1974 1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 172 Thynges wyth whiche they fetely blere oure eye. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 488/2 He..feately conuayed himself out of the frying panne, fayre into the fyre. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G7^v Sweets: which the Bees featly draw from them. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Feitly, dexterously. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 181 In homely guise I featly framed My lowly speech. 1888 G. H. Radford Occas. Verses Let the gentle angler stand..And featly cast his specious fly. b. With reference to movements, esp. dancing: With graceful agility, nimbly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill listlyc1000 featouslya1375 featlyc1400 deftlya1500 expedient1509 deliverly1530 handsomely1530 courteouslya1533 neatlya1547 dexteriously1605 cleverly1614 featilya1640 dexterously1646 deft1805 neat1822 handily1832 as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1758 Þe lady..fetly hym kyssed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 177 She dances featly . View more context for this quotation 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iii. ix How feately she holds up the neb to him! 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 216 So featly tripp'd the light-foot Ladies round. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 9 Featly ath wart the ridge she runs. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxiii. 44 Their chargers featly prance. 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. xxx. 215 His..wife..danced as featly as a fairy. 1842 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Penance! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 95 Featly he kisseth his Holiness' toe. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 181 The Sapphic..moves featly to our modern accentuation. †3. Oddly, strangely. (Cf. feat adj. 5) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour irregularly1591 exorbitantlya1635 featly1674 unorthodoxically1733 eccentrically1737 unorthodoxly1798 nonconformably1860 kinkily1934 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 29 If my soul does not thus featly stick out of my body. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Featly, oddly, after an unusual or uncouth manner. B. adj. Graceful. Of a dress: Neat, well-fitting. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having or characterized by bodily skill deftc1440 daft?a1500 feat1519 clever1580 dexter1597 dexterious1628 dexterous1650 featly1801 slinky1951 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > well-fitting well-sittinga1300 justc1440 well-fitting1576 featly1801 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful gracious1340 gracefulc1449 elegant1483 nymphlike1567 flowing1619 gracely1648 leggiadrous1648 featly1801 gainly1871 svelte1909 1801 T. Moore Ring iii Some the featly dance amused. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 175 Her dainty person clad in featly cloak. Derivatives ˈfeatliness n. featly quality; gracefulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [noun] elegancy?a1475 elegance1545 featness1576 garb1591 vagisness1604 fashionableness1640 gentility1753 featliness1843 concinnity1855 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 98 The admirable ‘featliness’ of the Count de la Roche..was rivalled only by the more majestic grace of Edward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.a1400
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