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单词 farrantly
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farrantlyadj.

/ˈfarəntli/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s farently, farrently.
Etymology: < farrand adj. + -ly suffix1.
northern dialect.
1. Of a person.
a. Comely, handsome, good-looking.
ΚΠ
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 17 Farantly, handsome.
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 23 Whya hang thee, thau er farrantly enuff tae leak at.
1867 Cornhill Mag. 15 731 So took up wi' a farrantly whench.
b. Genteel, respectable.
ΚΠ
1794 M. Darwall Poems I. 95 Five farently youths for her wasted their prime.
2. Of a thing: Becoming, fit, proper.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper
methelyeOE
ylikeeOE
fairOE
i-meteOE
rightOE
becomelyc1175
proper?c1225
featc1325
conablea1340
rightful1340
worthyc1350
pursuanda1375
covenable1382
dignec1385
convenablec1386
thriftyc1386
sittingc1390
comenablea1400
gainlya1400
meeta1400
wortha1400
convenientc1400
meetlya1425
suinga1425
fitc1440
tallc1440
worthyc1450
good1477
dueful?a1527
beseeminga1530
fitting1535
straighta1538
decent1539
answerable1542
becoming1565
condecent1575
becomed1599
respective1605
befittinga1612
comely1617
decorous1664
shape-like1672
beseemly1737
farrantly?1748
fitly1840
in order1850
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 30 There's non sitch farrantly tawk a beawt'r.
1839 Cumbrld. & Westm. Dial. 13 Tae spin tow for bord claiths en sheets..wod hev been mitch mair farently then ritin books.
1855 E. Waugh in Harland's Lanc. Lyrics 136 A farrantly bargain he'd be.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

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