Meanings
comparative more feastly · superlative most feastly
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a feast; festive.
So my old man, he says Lord thank you for this feastly grub that the relatives worked so hard for […]
1994, University of British Columbia. Dept. of Creative Writing, Prism international1 more example
Royal entrances not only provide for feast and, implicitly, collective feastly behaviour but they themselves are feasts equivalent with the ordinary feasts on the agenda of a particular place.
2003, Institute for Central European Studies (Universitatea "Babeș-Bolyai"), Colloquia: journal of Central European history
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishfestlich
- Englishfeastly
From Middle English festlich, equivalent to feast + -ly. Compare Dutch feestelijk (“festive”), German festlich (“festive, solemn”), Danish and Swedish festlig (“festive, solemn”).
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