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faithfully, adv.|ˈfeɪθfʊlɪ|
[f. faithful a. + -ly2.]
In a faithful manner.
†1.
a. With full faith, trust, or confidence; confidingly, confidently. Obs.
1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 107, I afferme faithfully that that is Cristis body. c1450Lonelich Grail xxxvii. 395 Feythfully now trosteth to me. 1552Bury Wills (1850) 141 Most faythfully beleving..yt my sowle..shall rest wth Abraham. 1607Shakes. Timon iii. ii. 46, If his occasion were not vertuous, I should not vrge it halfe so faithfully.
†b. Assuredly, in truth. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 1890 And þou faithfully a fole, & a freike mad, May be countid in this case.
2. a. With fidelity or firm allegiance; loyally, truly. yours faithfully: one of the customary modes of subscribing a letter. b. With strict adherence to duty, conscientiously. c. Sincerely, truthfully.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 64, I schal fynden hem heore fode þat feiþfulliche lyuen. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxv. 120 He beleueth not feithfully in God. 14..Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 49 Euery wygth þat louyth feythefully. 1550Crowley Last Trump. 154 Daniel..serued his prince fayethfully. 1588J. Udall Demonstr. Discip. (Arb.) 16 The Discipline which they receiued of Christe, they deliuered faythfully to the people. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1082 Beleeve us..who love you not fainedly, but faithfully, and in deed. 1632High Commission Cases (Camden) 317 He..did..faithfullie exercise his ministery. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 254 They who do their own Endeavours faithfully shall be..strengthened to do more. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. 335 Those laws..he has sworn to administer faithfully. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 119 The fatal secret..was faithfully preserved. 1787W. Pitt in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 68 Most sincerely and faithfully yours, W. Pitt. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §222 Faithfully remembering not to terminate the beating, till [etc.]. 1873Ouida Pascarel I. 61 We all went to him faithfully.
3. In strict accordance with the facts or original; accurately, correctly, exactly, truthfully.
a1400Morte Arth. 1913, I wille..faythfully tellene. c1400Destr. Troy 654, I will you faithfully enforme how ye fare shall. 1556Lauder Tractate 524, I haue said ye veritie..faithfullie. 1690Def. Rights Univ. Oxford Pref., Thus..do [we] faithfully keep an exact register of their contentions. 1712Spect. No. 527 ⁋2 What I have faithfully related. 1792Gentl. Mag. 13/1 The church is faithfully represented in the annexed drawing. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iii. 79 So came I..to judge faithfully with my proper eyes.
4.
†a. In a convincing or assuring manner (obs.).
b. With binding assurances (still common colloq.). Cf. faithful 3 b and faith 7, 8.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame 455 So feythfully to me spake he. 1525Abp. Warham in Ellis Orig. Lett. iii. I. 370 To whome I have feighfully promised not to vtter the same. 1548Hall Chron. 241 b, Promisyng faithfully shortly to sende for her. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. vii. 192 If that you were the good Sir Rowlands son, As you haue whisper'd faithfully you were. a1817[see faithful a. 3 b]. a1894Mod. He promised faithfully to send the book the next day. 1922Joyce Ulysses 746 And I promised him yes faithfully Id let him block me. |