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Webster 1913 Edition
Featly
Feat′ly
,adv.
[From ]
Feat
, Adj.
Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.
[Archaic]
Foot
featly
here and there. Shakespeare
Definition 2025
featly
featly
English
Adverb
featly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
- Properly; suitably.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.1:
- Why may not a man beare himselfe betweene enemies featly [transl. commodément] and faithfully?
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.1:
- With skill or talent; cleverly, skilfully.
- Gracefully or elegantly.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- [...] Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Translations
Adjective
featly (comparative featlier, superlative featliest)
Related terms
- featous