faithfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English feithfulli, equivalent to faithful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪθfəli/

Adverb

faithfully (comparative more faithfully, superlative most faithfully)

1. In a faithful manner.

   The CD reproduces music faithfully.

   I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.

2. (US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.

Synonyms

• (formula for ending correspondence): yours faithfully (UK)

Antonyms

• unfaithfully

Derived terms

• yours faithfully

Translations

in a faithful manner

• Bulgarian: вярно (bg) (vjarno), точно (bg) (točno)
• Catalan: fidelment (ca)
• German: brav (de), glaubend (de), vertrauend (de)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ha uaminifu
• Portuguese: fielmente
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• Russian: ве́рно (ru) (vérno)
• Spanish: fielmente
• Turkish: bağlılıkla, doğrulukla, dürüstçe, güvenilir biçimde, içtenlikle (tr), inançla, kati olarak, samimi olarak, şiddetle (tr), tam olarak

See also

• sincerely
• truly