facetely

English

Etymology

From facete +‎ -ly.

Adverb

facetely (comparative more facetely, superlative most facetely)

  1. (obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly. [17th-19th c.]
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , III.2.2.ii:
      the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]
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