faithfully

«faithfully» in Mova's school 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 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

• 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.