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Definition of Fitly
1. Adverb. In an appropriate manner. "He was appropriately dressed"
Partainyms: Appropriate, Befitting, Fit, Suitable
Antonyms: Inappropriately, Unsuitably
Definition of Fitly
1. adv. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
Definition of Fitly
1. Adverb. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; commodiously; conveniently. ¹
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Definition of Fitly
1. in a fit manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitly
Literary usage of Fitly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... valued above seventy cents per pound, fitly-live per centum ad valorem:
Provided, That on all the foregoing, weighing over four ounces per square yard, ..."
2. The Massachusetts Teacher (1850)
"A WORD fitly SPOKEN, HOW GOOD IS IT! "LITTLE things" make up the sum of human
existence. In the natural world, objects, animate and inanimate, are composed ..."
3. The City that was by Stephen Smith (1911)
"A word fitly spoken broke the spell of centuries, and completely revolutionized
human history. That word was spoken, not at the suggestion of science, ..."
4. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1911)
"“Nothing could be more fitly spoken.” IV. “If then,” I said, “all this is true,
we must reach the conclusion about the subject in hand that education is not ..."
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