fashionablyadv.
/ˈfaʃn̩əbli/, /ˈfaʃnəbli/, U.S. /ˈfæʃ(ə)nəbli/ In a fashionable manner.† 1. With respect to the fashion or external form; outwardly, superficially, in appearance. (Cf. fashionable adj. 2) Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > according to rule or standard > in prescribed or customary form > merely
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1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. iii. 85 How fewe are there, that doe otherwise than fashionably professe him [Christ]?
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 336 A Pettifogging Atturny..may take bribes from both parties, and please both fashionably.
1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. O.T. xii. 74 Neither doth Saul goe fashionably to worke, but does this seruice hartily.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 25 Those many arts..of dressing and adorning, which..ingenuity..had found out, and fashionably used.
2. Conformably to the prevailing fashion or usage, esp. that current in upper-class society.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb]
ageta1500
fashionably1629
modishly1665
tonishly1895
funkily1965
trendily1967
groovily1970
coolly1987
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adverb]
for the manner?c1225
fashionably1629
1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xiv. sig. D7 A Seruingman..is cast behind his master as fashionably as his sword and cloake are.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 292 He might so fashionably and gentilely..have been Duell'd or Flux'd into another World.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 148 However fashionably we may apply the Notion of good Living.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 104 A Rotten, fashionably-diseased Body.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 146 A mind Not yet so blank, or fashionably blind.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 204 They were dressed fashionably, but simply.
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