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Frenchly
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹɛn(t)ʃli/ UK
en Frenchly US.ogg US
Etymology 1
From en French -ly adjectival adjectival suffix.
Adjective
en obsolete French. 16th 17th c.
XLVIII 517 As their bodily exerciſe was Frenchly, ſo their vvits activity was alſo; for they uſed to be pleaſant and facetious in French focus.
Etymology 2
From en French -ly adverbial adverbial suffix.
Adverb
In the manner of the French or their language. from 16th c.
en 1912 John Mackinnon Robertson The evolution of states Van Kampen, who anticipated Motley in disparaging the Walloons as being Frenchly fickle...
en 1916 Ethel Sidgwick Hatchways He thought it indecorous to have a young and pretty girl packing with him in his room. He was thinking so Frenchly, that it even seemed to him Bess should not have proposed it.
en 1937 Marguerite Farlee Bayliss Bolinvar I realized how unlike his true self he had been; he was Frenchly warm today, and Frenchly open and reasonable.
Translations
In the manner of the French or their tongue
French: fr françaisement
Middle French: frm françoisement
Italian: it francesemente
Portuguese: pt francesamente
Spanish: es francesamente