Frenchly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛn(t)ʃli/
adj
Etymology: From French + -ly (adjectival suffix).
- French.
“As their bodily exerciſe was Frenchly, ſo their vvits activity was alſo; for they uſed to be pleaſant and facetious in French focus.”
adv
Etymology: From French + -ly (adverbial suffix).
- In the manner of the French or their language.
“Van Kampen, who anticipated Motley in disparaging the Walloons as being Frenchly fickle...”
“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.”