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Definition: Faithfully |
FaithfullyAdverb1. In a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "faithfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: FaithfullySynonyms: dependably (adv), reliably (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unfaithfully (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Obedience | Verb: be -obedient; Adjective: obey, bear obedience to; submit; comply, answer the helm, come at one's call; do one's bidding, do what one is told, do suit and service; attend to orders, serve faithfully. |
Observance | Adverb: faithfully; Adjective: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Faithfully |
| English words defined with "faithfully": dependably ♦ Eyeservant ♦ reliably. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "faithfully": Allah ♦ Wedding. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Faithfully, I'm still yours ("FAITHFULLY"; performing artist: Journey) But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully ("She Believes In Me"; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) So faithfully ("Vision of Love"; performing artist: Mariah Carey) | |
Song Titles | Faithfully (performing artist: Journey) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Learn to follow counsel, serve faithfully, and magnify your calling, for God's kingdom is a kingdom of order. |
| Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an objective who had in no measure attained it. | |
Edward Dowden | Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. |
Henry David Thoreau | For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. |
Oliver Cromwell | The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies. |
Sir Edwin Arnold | Use your gift faithfully and they shall be enlarged. Practice what you know, and you shall attain higher knowledge. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | Further, in all matters, the execution of which is entrusted,to these twenty five barons, if perchance these twenty five are present and disagree about anything, or if some of them, after being summoned, are unwilling or unable to be present, that which the majority of those present ordain or command shall be held as fixed and established, exactly as if the whole twenty five had concurred in this; and the said twenty five shall swear that they will faithfully observe all that is aforesaid, and cause it to be observed with all their might. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is in these words: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as _____, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution, and laws of the United States." (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | If the conditions of the present Treaty are faithfully carried out by Germany, the occupation referred to in Article 428 will be successively restricted as follows: (1) At the expiration of five years there will be evacuated: the bridgehead of Cologne and the territories north of a line running along the Ruhr, then along the railway Julich, Duren, Euskirchen, Rheinbach, thence along the road Rheinbach to Sinzig, and reaching the Rhine at the confluence with the Ahr; the roads, railways and places mentioned above being excluded from the area evacuated. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The next day the clothes were faithfully brought back, and the Changer, who trusted everything to the robbers, was never robbed. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I begged his patience to hear me tell my story, which I faithfully did from the last time I left England to the moment he first discovered me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | My accounts, which I can swear to have kept faithfully, I have, indeed, never got audited, still less accepted, still less paid and settled. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | According to the chairman of the committee that drafted the amendments, if the new provisions are faithfully implemented, by 2010 the total pollutant emissions will be stabilized at 1995 levels, air quality in 34 of 47 key cities will meet national standards (up from 16 currently) and dust from construction sites in Beijing will be reduced 70%. The total costs, however, may top 1.5% of GDP in some areas. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Lesotho | All faithfully reflect official positions of the ruling party. (references) |
Turkmenistan | Prizes have been created to award citizens who faithfully follow Rukhnama's code and most high-level Government officials are required to own a copy of the book. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALLAH, n. The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth. Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wept; And sometimes kneeling in the temple I Have reverently crossed my hands and slept. Junker Barlow |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The appropriations made by Congress for public works, as well in the construction of fortifications as for purposes of internal improvement, so far as they have been expended, have been faithfully applied. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Our course is a safe one if it be but faithfully adhered to. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | We need not concern ourselves much about the rights of property if we will faithfully observe the rights of persons. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Joes and Janes, all the ones who fought faithfully for freedom, who hit the ground and sucked the dust and knew their share of Horror. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Faithfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Faithfully" is used about 420 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) | 99.76% | 419 | 13,566 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.24% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 420 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "faithfully": faithfully yours ♦ promise faithfully ♦ serve faithfully ♦ yours faithfully. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "faithfully": faithfully-kept. | |
| 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 |
faithfully | 44 |
faithfully journey lyrics | 33 |
faithfully lyrics | 22 |
faithfully journey | 19 |
faithfully yours | 5 |
evans faith faithfully | 3 |
faithfully fit | 3 |
faithfully journey remix | 2 |
faithfully johnny mathis | 2 |
faithfully forever yours | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "faithfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | besnikërisht (attachedly, devotedly, loyally). (various references) | |
Arabic | بوفاء (whole heartedly), بأمانة (at close quarters, closely, sincerely, square). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | честно (above board, fair, fair and square, fairly, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, squarely, uprightly), вярно (aright, sic, surely, true, truly, truthfully, yea). (various references) | |
Chinese | 实地 (Duteously). (various references) | |
Czech | vìrnì (truly), přesnì (accurately, bang, clearly, dead, exactly, just, nicely, on the minute, on time, precisely, quite, rightly, sharp, straight). (various references) | |
Finnish | kunnioittavasti (respectfully youryours, very truly yours, with respect, yours faithfully, yours sincerely). (various references) | |
French | fidèlement, loyalement. (various references) | |
German | treulich, treu (abidingly, dedicated, devoted, devotedly, faithful, innocent, loyal, loyally, respectful, stalwart, staunch, staunchly, true, truly, trusting, trustingly, trusty, unfailing). (various references) | |
Greek | πιστά (faitfully). (various references) | |
Hebrew | באמו ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | hûségesen. (various references) | |
Italian | fedelmente. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 随 (faithfully following, obeying meekly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ずいじゅ" (faithfully following, obeying meekly). (various references) | |
Korean | 충실하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aithfullyfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fielmente (accurately, truly, trustingly), exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, incorrupt, just a minute please, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined). (various references) | |
Romanian | formulã de încheiere a unei scrisori, fidel (as true as steel, constant, devoted, faithful, honest, precise, sincere, true), loial (fair, faithful, honest, Leal, loyal, sincere, staunch, straight, true), cu fidelitate. (various references) | |
Russian | верно (aright, truly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | verno (staunchly). (various references) | |
Spanish | fielmente (truly). (various references) | |
Swedish | troget (faitfully). (various references) | |
Turkish | samimi olarak (cordially, dear, frankly, man to man), kati olarak, inançla, içtenlikle (cordially, dear, dearly, heartily, truly), doğrulukla (justly, rightly), dürüstçe (above board, fair, fairly, frankly, honestly, rightly), bağlılıkla (devotedly), şiddetle (amain, drastically, forcibly, heavily, heavy, hot, keenly, lustily, roundly, severely, sharp, sore, sorely, strenuously, strong, strongly, violently). (various references) | |
Ukranian | чесно (above board, fair, fairly, honestly, honorably, honourably, scrupulously, sincerely, Square, straight, uprightly), точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, fair, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), вірно (aright, correctly, fast, justly, true). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trung th nh (faithful, liege, loyal), chung thuỷ trung thực. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fiducialiter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 14 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Rex qui iudicat in veritate pauperes thronus eius in aeternum firmabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The king that demeth in treuthe pore men; the trone of hym in to withoute ende shal be fastned. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | Когато цар съди вярно сиромасите, Престолът му ще бъде утвърден за винаги. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang hari nga sa pagkamatinumanon nagahukom sa kabus, Ang iyang trono malig-on sa walay katapusan. |
| Chinese | 君 王 憑 實 判 斷 窮 人 . 他 的 國 位 、 必 永 立 。 |
| Croatian | Kralj koji sudi siromasima po istini ima prijesto èvrst dovijeka. |
| Danish | En Konge, der dømmer de ringe med Ret, hans Trone står fast evindelig. |
| Dutch | Een koning, die de armen in trouw recht doet, diens troon zal in eeuwigheid bevestigd worden. |
| Finnish | Kuninkaalla, joka tuomitsee vaivaisia oikein, on valtaistuin iäti vahva. |
| French | Un roi qui juge fidèlement les pauvres Aura son trône affermi pour toujours. |
| German | Ein König, der die Armen treulich richtet, des Thron wird ewig bestehen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè yon wa pran kòz malere yo pou l' defann dwa yo san patipri, wa sa a la pou l' gouvènen lontan. |
| Hungarian | A mely király hûségesen ítéli a szegényeket, annak széke mindörökké megáll. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau raja membela hak orang lemah, bertahun-tahun ia akan memerintah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seorang raja yang membicarakan hal orang miskin dengan setia, maka takhtanya akan kekal tetap selama-lamanya. |
| Italian | Un re che giudichi i poveri con equit rende saldo il suo trono per sempre. |
| Korean | 왕 이 가 난 한 자 를 성 실 히 원 하 면 그 위 가 영 원 히 견 하 리 라 |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te kingi e pono ana tana whakawa mo nga rawakore, ka whakapumautia tona torona ake ake. |
| Norwegian | En konge som dømmer småfolk rettferdig, hans trone står fast for alle tider. |
| Portuguese | Se o rei julgar os pobres com eqüidade, o seu trono será estabelecido para sempre. |
| Rumanian | Un kmpqrat care judecq pe sqraci dupq adevqr, kwi va avea scaunul de domnie kntqrit pe vecie. - |
| Russian | еУМЙ "БТШ УХ"ЙФ 'Е"ОЩИ П ТБЧ"Е, ФП ТЕУФПМ ЕЗП ОБЧУЕЗ"Б ХФЧЕТ"ЙФУС. |
| Spanish | El rey que juzga a los pobres según la verdad afirma su trono para siempre. |
| Swedish | Den konung som dömer de armas rätt. hans tron skall bestå evinnerligen. >Ords. 16,12. 20,28. |
| Thai | กษัตริย์ที่พิพากษาคนยากจน"้วยความสัตย์ซื่อ พระที่นั่งของพระองค์จะสถาปนาอยู่เป็นนิตย์ |
| Ukrainian | ¶ Як цар правдою судить убогих, стоятиме трон його завжди. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "faithfully": unfaithfully. (additional references) | |
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"Faithfully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faitfully, faithfull, faithfulle, Fathhulla, Fathulla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "faithfully" (pronounced fā"thfulē) |
| 5 | -th f u l ē | truthfully. |
| 4 | -f u l ē | anencephaly, artfully, blissfully, carefully, cheerfully, delightfully, dreadfully, dutifully, fitfully, forcefully, frightfully, gainfully, gleefully, gracefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tactfully, tastefully, tearfully, thankfully, thoughtfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-l-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: faithful, faultily, fitfully. | |
-3 letters: fifthly, huffily, laithly. | |
-4 letters: faulty, filthy, fitful, flatly, fulfil, haffit, hatful, thalli, thulia. | |
-5 letters: ahull, faith, fatly, fault, fifth, fifty, filly, filth, fitly, flail, fluty, fluyt, fully, hilly, huffy, laith, laity, lathi, lathy, luffa, taffy, tally, thill, thuya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-l-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: unfaithfully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 69 74 68 66 75 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .. - .... ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a i t h f u l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0069 0074 0068 0066 0075 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40677586747287787891 |
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