Frenchly

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UK/ˈfɹɛn(t)ʃli/

adjective

French.

First used 16th–17th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

Frenchly1

adjectiveFrenchly (comparative more Frenchly, superlative most Frenchly)

comparative more Frenchly · superlative most Frenchly

  1. obsoleteFrench.First known use 16th–17th c.

    As their bodily exerciſe was Frenchly, ſo their vvits activity was alſo; for they uſed to be pleaſant and facetious in French focus.

    1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XLVIII, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 517

Frenchly2

adverbFrenchly (comparative more Frenchly, superlative most Frenchly)

comparative more Frenchly · superlative most Frenchly

  1. In the manner of the French or their language.First known use 16th c.

    Van Kampen, who anticipated Motley in disparaging the Walloons as being Frenchly fickle...

    1912, John Mackinnon Robertson, The evolution of states
    2 more examples

    He thought it indecorous to have a young and pretty girl packing with him in his room. He was thinking so Frenchly, that it even seemed to him Bess should not have proposed it.

    1916, Ethel Sidgwick, Hatchways

    I realized how unlike his true self he had been; he was Frenchly warm today, and Frenchly open and reasonable.

    1937, Marguerite Farlee Bayliss, Bolinvar

Origin

Frenchly · adjective

From French + -ly (adjectival suffix).

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Frenchly · adverb

From French + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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Translations

French françaisement
  • françaisementIn the manner of the French or their tongue
Italian francesemente
  • francesementeIn the manner of the French or their tongue
Portuguese francesamente
  • francesamenteIn the manner of the French or their tongue
Spanish francesamente
  • francesamenteIn the manner of the French or their tongue
Cite this entry
APA

Frenchly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchly

MLA

“Frenchly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frenchly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchly.

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