faithfully

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪθfəli/

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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.

   • 1990, “Policy of Truth”, in Violator, performed by Depeche Mode:

     You'll see your problems multiplied / if you continually decide / to faithfully pursue / the policy of truth.

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)
• Czech: věrně
• Esperanto: fidele
• Galician: fielmente
• German: brav (de), glaubend (de), vertrauend (de), treu (de)
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰 (triggwaba)
• Greek: πιστά (el) (pistá)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ha uaminifu
• Polish: wiernie (pl)
• Portuguese: fielmente (pt)
• Russian: ве́рно (ru) (vérno)
• Slovak: verne (sk)
• Spanish: fielmente
• Turkish: bağlılıkla, doğrulukla, dürüstçe, güvenilir biçimde, içtenlikle (tr), inançla, kati olarak, samimi olarak, şiddetle (tr), tam olarak

See also

• sincerely
• truly