Meanings
comparative more faithly · superlative most faithly
- archaicfaithfully; truly
“I Benjamin S. Holmes, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will in all things to the best of my knowledge and understang, well, justly, and faithly execute the office of a surveyor of the highway, without favour or partiality, of the township of Elsenborough in the county of Salem."
1876, New Jersey Law Reports, volume 15
Origin
- Middle Englishfaithli
- Englishfaithly
From Middle English faithli, feithly, equivalent to faith + -ly.
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