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Grammar : Adv
Spell : feyth-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪθ fəl



Définition of faithfully

Origin :
  • c.1300, "full of faith," also "firm in allegiance," from faith + -ful. Meaning "true to the facts" is from 1520s. The noun sense of "true believers" is from 1550s. Related: Faithfully; faithfulness. Old Faithful geyser named 1870 by explorer Gen. H.D. Washburn, Surveyor-General of the Montana Territory, in reference to the regularity of its outbursts.
  • adv loyally
  • adv always
Example sentences :
  • Such was the leader whom Mr. Gladstone had faithfully followed for many years.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He cared for it faithfully; but he wished to make it even more secluded.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • The past, I have related as faithfully as I have been able so to do.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His daily visits to you have all been faithfully reported to me.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The sally is greeted with a laugh, which is also faithfully rendered.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The tale of them was complete; the captain had obeyed him faithfully.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • And the poor child Little Dorrit thought of him—too faithfully, ah, too faithfully!
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • However, I loved her faithfully; and one time I went home with her for the holidays.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The ghost in "Hamlet" is as faithfully treated as any character in the play.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Now, your Worship, commend me faithfully to my most gracious lord, the Elector.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

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