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Definition: Fitly |
FitlyAdverb1. In an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fitly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: FitlySynonyms: appropriately (adv), befittingly (adv), fittingly (adv), suitably (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inappropriately (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nomenclature | Adjective: named; Verb: hight, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fitly |
| English words defined with "fitly": Accommodately ♦ Concinnate, Covenably ♦ Meetly ♦ Patly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fitly": Awful ♦ Christian. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. I dreamed I stood upon a hill, and, lo! The godly multitudes walked to and fro Beneath, in Sabbath garments fitly clad, With pious mien, appropriately sad, While all the church bells made a solemn din -- A fire-alarm to those who lived in sin. Then saw I gazing thoughtfully below, With tranquil face, upon that holy show A tall, spare figure in a robe of white, Whose eyes diffused a melancholy light. "God keep you, strange," I exclaimed. "You are No doubt (your habit shows it) from afar; And yet I entertain the hope that you, Like these good people, are a Christian too." He raised his eyes and with a look so stern It made me with a thousand blushes burn Replied -- his manner with disdain was spiced: "What! I a Christian? No, indeed! I'm Christ." G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fitly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fitly" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fitly": call fitly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fitly | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fitly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 适合地. (various references) | ||||
German | angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, moderate, pertinent, proportionate, proportionately, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | illően (duly, properly). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 당하게 (Appropriately, Properly, suitably). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | itlyfay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | opportune. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | apointer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 11 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mala aurea in lectis argenteis qui loquitur verbum in tempore suo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A goldene cheke bon in siluerene beddis, that speketh a wrd in his tyme. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang usa ka pulong nga maayong pagkagamit Sama sa mga mansanas nga bulawan diha sa linala nga salapi. |
| Croatian | Rijeèi kazane u pravo vrijeme zlatne su jabuke u srebrnim posudama. |
| Danish | Æbler af Guld i Skåle af Sølv er Ord, som tales i rette Tid. |
| Dutch | Een rede, op zijn pas gesproken, is als gouden appelen in zilveren gebeelde schalen. |
| Finnish | Kultaomenia hopeamaljoissa ovat sanat, sanotut aikanansa. |
| French | Comme des pommes d`or sur des ciselures d`argent, Ainsi est une parole dite propos. |
| German | Ein Wort geredet zu seiner Zeit, ist wie goldene Äpfel auf silbernen Schalen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pendapat yang diutarakan dengan tepat pada waktunya seperti buah emas di dalam pinggan perak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Perkataan yang dikenakan dengan sepertinya itu laksana buah kasturi keemasan dalam rantang perak adanya. |
| Italian | Come frutti d'oro su vassoio d'argento così è una parola detta a suo tempo. |
| Maori | ¶ He kupu i tika te korero, ko tona rite kei nga a poro koura i roto i nga kete hiriwa. |
| Norwegian | Som epler av gull i skåler av sølv er et ord talt i rette tid. |
| Portuguese | Como maçãs de ouro em salvas de prata, assim é a palavra dita a seu tempo. |
| Rumanian | Un cuvknt spus la vremea potrivitq, este ca niwte mere de aur kntr`un cowuley de argint. - |
| Russian | ъПМПФЩЕ С'МПЛЙ Ч УЕТЕ'ТСОЩИ ТПЪТБЮОЩИ УПУХ"БИ--УМПЧП, УЛБЪБООПЕ ТЙМЙЮОП. |
| Spanish | Manzana de oro con adornos de plata es la palabra dicha oportunamente. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "fitly": unfitly. (additional references) | |
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"Fitly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fadly, faitly, famly, fastly, felty, fialy, fiatly, filfy, filgy, Filty, fithly, Fithyan, fitry, fitty, fity, nitly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "fitly" (pronounced 'Fit"ly'): Abruptly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Acutely, Adaptly, Adjunctly, Adroitly, Alertly, Antiquely, Apertly, Aptly, Archly, Argutely, Artly, Attently, Augustly, Austerely, Aversely, Avisely, Awkly, Badly, Baldly, Barely, Basely, Beastly, Behovely, Benignly, Beseemly, Bigly, Billy, Blackly, Blandly, Blankly, Blindly, Blithely, Blolly, Bluely, Bluntly, Boldly, Booly, Bragly, Bravely, Briefly, Brightly, Briskly, Broadly, Brutely, Buffoonly, Burly, Calmly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-l-t-y" | |
-1 letter: flit, lift. | |
-2 letters: fil, fit, fly, lit, til. | |
-3 letters: if, it, li, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: filthy, flinty, flirty. | |
+2 letters: faintly, falsity, fattily, fetidly, fifthly, firstly, flighty, flytier, flyting, frailty, fustily, heftily, lithify, loftily, niftily, stiffly, swiftly, tuftily, unfitly. | |
+3 letters: craftily, draftily, facility, fatality, faultily, fayalite, felicity, felinity, fidelity, filthily, finality, finitely, fitfully, flintily, fluidity, flytiers, flytings, frostily, frothily, fruitily, futilely, futility, giftedly, shiftily, stellify, stuffily, stultify, whitefly. | |
+4 letters: defiantly, dutifully, electrify, fayalites, fertilely, fertility, festively, feudality, fictively, fissility, fittingly, flightily, floridity, floristry, flyweight, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, furtively, lifestyle, outflying, pitifully, platyfish, styliform, thriftily, toilfully, wistfully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4075867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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