faithfully
adverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈfeɪθfəli//
In a faithful manner.
adverb
- 1
In a faithful manner.
The CD reproduces music faithfully.
I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.
You'll see your problems multiplied / if you continually decide / to faithfully pursue / the policy of truth.
- 2
A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.
Etymology
From Middle English feithfulli, equivalent to faithful + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more faithfully
- superlative
- most faithfully