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featly

[feet-lee]

adverb

suitably; appropriately.

skillfully.

neatly; elegantly.

adjective

graceful; elegant.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English fetly. See feat², -ly

Related forms

feat·li·ness, noun

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feat² (fiːt)

—*adj*
1.	another word for skilful
2.	neat another word for suitable

[C14: from Old French fet, from Latin factus made, from facere to make]

'featly²

—*adv*

featly (ˈfiːtlɪ)

—*adv*
1.	neatly
2.	fitly

'featliness

—n

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