faith‧ful‧ly /ˈfeɪθf
əl-i/
adverb [
Word Family: noun:
faith,
faithfulness ≠
unfaithfulness,
faithful,
faithlessness;
adjective:
faithful ≠
unfaithful,
faithless;
adverb:
faithfully ≠
unfaithfully]
1. in a loyal way:
He had served the family faithfully for 40 years. Ann faithfully promised never to tell my secret.2. in a regular way:
She wrote faithfully in her journal every day. Every year, we faithfully make a trip up there to see him.3. Yours faithfully British English the usual polite way of ending a formal letter, which you have begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam
⇒
Yours sincerely at
sincerely [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲