"featly" meaning in English

See featly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfiːt.li/ Forms: featlier [comparative], featliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fetly, corresponding to feat + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fetly}} Middle English fetly, {{suffix|en|feat|ly}} feat + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} featly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
  1. (archaic, dialectal) Skilful. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-featly-en-adj-BRueXe~7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 3 20 18 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 36 2 19 25 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 1 28 14 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 2 19 18 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 1 19 15 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 1 19 16 19
  2. (archaic, dialectal) Graceful or elegant. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-featly-en-adj-ITrtoZUW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: featous

Adverb

IPA: /ˈfiːt.li/ Forms: featlier [comparative], featliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fetly, corresponding to feat + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fetly}} Middle English fetly, {{suffix|en|feat|ly}} feat + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er}} featly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
  1. (archaic, dialectal) Properly; suitably. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-featly-en-adv-a3AQAhuT Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 1 28 14 28
  2. (archaic, dialectal) With skill or talent; cleverly, skilfully. Tags: archaic, dialectal Translations (skilfully): ло́вко (lóvko) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-featly-en-adv-t7NPxqfY Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 1 28 14 28 Disambiguation of 'skilfully': 26 52 23
  3. (archaic, dialectal) Gracefully or elegantly. Tags: archaic, dialectal Translations (gracefully or elegantly): изя́щно (izjáščno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-featly-en-adv-i9agPDGe Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 1 28 14 28 Disambiguation of 'gracefully or elegantly': 10 4 86

Inflected forms

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