facetely

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adverb

Wittily, pleasantly.

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

adverbfacetely (comparative more facetely, superlative most facetely)

comparative more facetely · superlative most facetely

  1. obsoleteWittily, pleasantly.First known use 17th–19th c.

    the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 2, subsection 2

Origin

From facete + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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