faithfully

«faithfully» in Mova's judaism dictionary: in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (faithfully)

meaning for a pupil

1) Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true. tree →

2) Faithfully means exactly and carefully, without changes: «copied faithfully». tree →

3) (UK, Ireland, Australia) «Yours faithfully» is the polite way to end a formal letter when you begin with «Dear Sir or Madam». tree →

4) (church) Faithfully also means with religious faith and devotion. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Writings it means honestly and with a whole heart, as workers who deal faithfully or a king who judges fairly. Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says the universe, the year and man witness faithfully to the truth of its teaching. Tradition reads honest service and just judging as acts done in the fear of God. In the primary lessons: In letter-writing lessons, pupils learn «Yours faithfully» and «Yours sincerely». In stories, a faithful dog waits faithfully for its owner. Phrases: «Yours faithfully», «faithfully promise», «faithfully copied», «serve faithfully».

examples

• In proof of these things, and witnessing faithfully are the Universe, the Year of time, and Man himself, the Microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. (Writings PRO.29.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully. (Prophets 2KI.22.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he charged them, saying: 'Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a whole heart. (Writings 2CH.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The dog waited faithfully at the door every evening. tree →
• He promised faithfully to return the book. tree →
• She copied the drawing faithfully, line by line. tree →
• The old gardener served the family faithfully. tree →
• End your letter to «Dear Sir or Madam» with «Yours faithfully». tree →
• She went to church faithfully every Sunday. tree →
• This promise he has faithfully kept. tree →

note

UK rule: «Dear Sir or Madam» → «Yours faithfully»; «Dear Mrs Smith» → «Yours sincerely». In the US «Sincerely» is used for both. Adjective: «faithful»; noun: «faith», «faithfulness».

In the corpora

• Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
• The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «faithfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.