Farantly

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Good-looking; respectable. Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete

    "I wish her no harm, with her blushes of brass; But she may have six twins in three years, And corrupt every farantly neighbour she has, Setting them and their wives by the ears."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a respectable manner. obsolete

    "I remember hearing my mother say that her cousin, John Fell, married a young body fro' Egremont; and she had no way o' her ain, and never got into theirs, so there was nothing done farantly."

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"I wish her no harm, with her blushes of brass; But she may have six twins in three years, And corrupt every farantly neighbour she has, Setting them and their wives by the ears."

Etymology

From farrand + -ly.

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