† ˈfaithly, adv. Obs.
[f. faith n. + -ly2.]
1. With fidelity, faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully.
| c 1325 Metr. Hom. 162 Feitheli scho hir candel held aye. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 316 Of þe treus to speke. And feyþly þerto bondon. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxii. 70 Faithly for to speke hus furst name was īhesus. c 1440 Sir Degrev. 541 Y shalle faythly fyeght Both in wrong and in ryght. |
2. As an asseveration: In deed or truth, certainly, surely, verily.
| c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1636 Þis gomen is your awen..faythely ȝe knowe. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 4032 We are faithely to fewe to feghte with them. a 1400–50 Alexander 2279 Now faithly..fall þe so thrise, þou sall be crouned. |