Farantly

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(obsolete, dialect, Northern England) Good-looking; respectable..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete, dialect, Northern England) Good-looking; respectable.
2. (obsolete) In a respectable manner.

Example Sentences

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.

[in strong Lancashire-dialect pronunciation spelling] “‘An' if hoo doesno' come for that, There's lots on Bowman's Lea As farrantly an' good as hoo, Ut would be preawd o' thee.”

[in strong Lancashire-dialect pronunciation spelling] Aw wur theer t' other neet, an' aw thowt to misel' God bless her! hoo's farantly lookin'!

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.

The lancinations maugre all my epulotic appliances sphacelated — interrosseal and cervical inturgescence induced angina, followed by lethality; I contumulated him farantly in a litten .

But the Bishop, that courteous man of God, saluted the young man, right farantly […]

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• more farantly
• most farantly

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