frontly

English

Etymology

From front +‎ -ly.

Adverb

frontly (comparative more frontly, superlative most frontly)

1. Towards or through the front of something; directly.
   • 2003, Julie Sinatra, Under My Skin: My Father, Frank Sinatra: The Man Behind the Mystique, Lincoln, N.E.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 197:

     Dad put Eleanor in the center as the cameras focused frontly on her and the audience saw him from the back as he interviewed her.

   • 2019 December 31, Adam Vaughan, quoting Alexandre de Juniac, “Aviation chief criticises Greta Thunberg and 'flight-shaming' movement”, in New Scientist‎^[1], London: New Scientist Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03:

     "We are not the only polluter on this planet, and we have taken the subject frontly, directly and massively," he told New Scientist. He said her message will lead to a world where people will be unable to connect.

References

• “frontly, adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.