fecklyadv.

Brit.

/ˈfɛkli/, U.S.

/ˈfɛkli/, Scottish English

/ˈfɛklɪ/

Forms: see feck n.¹ and -ly suffix²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: feck n.¹, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < feck n.¹ + -ly suffix².Compare also Scots fecklies , in sense 2 ( < feck n.¹ + -ly suffix² + -s suffix¹):1897 ‘F. Mckenzie’ Sprays of Northern Pine 49 That kind's fecklies gilt. Compare also the Scots parallel formation †fecklins (19th cent.; < feck n.¹ + -lings suffix).

Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern).

†1. With success or good effect; indeed. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1682 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1706) i. 14 Her..Kindness which I fectlie fand, Most ready still for my behoof.

2. For the most part, mostly; almost.In quot. a1774 most feckly functions as a superlative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > for or in the most part

mosteOE

almostOE

mostwhata1200

generally1340

chiefly138.

mostc1390

chiefa1556

mostly1563

substantially1638

prevalently1709

feckly1768

mostlings1808

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 15 The water fecklie on a level slede, Wi' little dinn, but couthy, what it made.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 136 Auld age maist feckly glowrs right dour Upo' the ailings o' the poor.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 218 Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, Three carts, an' twa are feckly new.

1846 Ball. & Songs Ayrshire 1st Ser. 112 Tho' she's feckly twice my age I lo'e her best o' ony.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 90 Nae doot its feckly wrang to lee.

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Feckly, feekly, chiefly, mostly. ‘It's feckly his aan dein.’

1924 W. Cumming Swatches o' Hamespun 41 Men feckly see their neepers throwe their wives' specs.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 98/1 I feckly does that at this 'ere time o' year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feckly
释义	fecklyadv. Brit. /ˈfɛkli/, U.S. /ˈfɛkli/, Scottish English /ˈfɛklɪ/ Forms: see feck n.¹ and -ly suffix² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: feck n.¹, -ly suffix². Etymology: < feck n.¹ + -ly suffix².Compare also Scots fecklies , in sense 2 ( < feck n.¹ + -ly suffix² + -s suffix¹):1897 ‘F. Mckenzie’ Sprays of Northern Pine 49 That kind's fecklies gilt. Compare also the Scots parallel formation †fecklins (19th cent.; < feck n.¹ + -lings suffix). Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern). †1. With success or good effect; indeed. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1682 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1706) i. 14 Her..Kindness which I fectlie fand, Most ready still for my behoof. 2. For the most part, mostly; almost.In quot. a1774 most feckly functions as a superlative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > for or in the most part mosteOE almostOE mostwhata1200 generally1340 chiefly138. mostc1390 chiefa1556 mostly1563 substantially1638 prevalently1709 feckly1768 mostlings1808 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 15 The water fecklie on a level slede, Wi' little dinn, but couthy, what it made. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 136 Auld age maist feckly glowrs right dour Upo' the ailings o' the poor. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 218 Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, Three carts, an' twa are feckly new. 1846 Ball. & Songs Ayrshire 1st Ser. 112 Tho' she's feckly twice my age I lo'e her best o' ony. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 90 Nae doot its feckly wrang to lee. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Feckly, feekly, chiefly, mostly. ‘It's feckly his aan dein.’ 1924 W. Cumming Swatches o' Hamespun 41 Men feckly see their neepers throwe their wives' specs. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 98/1 I feckly does that at this 'ere time o' year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1682
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