fitly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English fit Middle English -ly English -ly English fitly From fit + -ly.
- In a fit manner
“Meane-while it is a great comfort unto a Christian man, to see our mortall implements, and fading tooles, so fitly sorted to our holy and divine faith[…].”
“I can compare our rich misers to nothing so fitly as to a whale; a’ plays and tumbles, driving the poor fry before him, and at last devours them all at a mouthful […]”