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faultful, a.|ˈfɔːlt-, ˈfɒltfʊl|
[f. fault n. + -ful.]
Faulty, culpable.
1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 65 Such meteors were the Ensignes of his wrath, That hast'ned to destroy the faultfull towne. 1593Shakes. Lucr. 715 So fares it with this fault-full Lord of Rome. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 36 You are the children of men, and like them fault-full. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. ix. §4 The limiting lines between virtuous contentment and faultful carelessness. 1876J. Ellis Cæsar in Egypt 313 Thy mercy much exceedeth, As our faultful nature needeth.
Hence ˈfaultfully adv., in a faultful manner.
1859Ruskin Arrows I. 199, I have been myself faultfully answerable for this too eager hope in your mind. |