featly
Americanadverb
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suitably; appropriately.
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skillfully; nimbly.
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neatly; elegantly.
adjective
adverb
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neatly
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fitly
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of featly
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fetly; see origin at feat 2, -ly ( def. 3 )
Example Sentences
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A native of Tralee, Ireland, "The Duke" took to his adopted country's No. 1 sport so featly that the New York Giants' famed Manager John McGraw made Bresnahan his No. 1 catcher in 1902.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an extra dividend, man & wife dance team Marge & Gower Champion foot their way featly through the hour.
From Time Magazine Archive
From 1903 to the present, Dobbin foots it featly while such top-notch Caravan dancers as Marie Jeanne and Nicki Magallanes mime the rise of the Ford�often on the toes of their ballet slippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glowing in white tie, top hat and tails, he footed featly through the dust to get to the palace on time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sixty pounds was considered a good weight for the arms used on the pel-quintain—so that, when he did come at length to the usual weapons, he would wield them featly.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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