well-favouredly

adverb

Beautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.

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Meanings

adverbwell-favouredly (comparative more well-favouredly, superlative most well-favouredly)

comparative more well-favouredly · superlative most well-favouredly · alternative well-favoredly

  1. obsoleteBeautifully, handsomely; attractively, gracefully.
    1. obsoleteusuallyironically; beating; punishment; ironically; beating; punishmentSeverely (cf. handsomely).
  2. obsoleteLavishly, liberally, generously, handsomely.

    I bought thee kerchers to thy head, that were wrought fine and gallantly: I kept thee both at boord and bed, Which cost my purse wel fauouredly.

    1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 3), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights
  3. obsoleteBy good fortune, happily.

Origin

From well-favoured + -ly.

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APA

well-favouredly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-favouredly

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “well-favouredly,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-favouredly.

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