farrandlyfarrantlyadv.
/ˈfarəndli/, U.S. /ˈfɛrəndli/, Scottish English /ˈfarəndlɪ/ Brit. /ˈfarəntli/, U.S. /ˈfɛrəntli/, Scottish English /ˈfarəntlɪ/ Scottish and north dialect.
Pleasantly, handsomely, splendidly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] > and nobly or splendidly
micklelyeOE
highlyeOE
freelyOE
dearworthlyc1230
gloriously1393
dearworthilya1400
farrandlyc1400
stately?a1439
finely?1552
gallantly1552
goldenly1580
rarely1581
sightly1592
superbly1769
splendidly1774
splendiferously1841
swell1856
in there1944
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 435 Farandely on a felde he fettelez hym to bide.
1613 T. Potts Wonderfull Discov. Witches sig. Kv What is yonder that casts a light so farrandly.
?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 14 Yo coom farrantly off.
1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. 100 Hoo wouldno behave so farrantly, if hoo yerd what I're talkin' abeawt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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