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faith·ful

 (fāth′fəl)
adj.
1. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, cause, or idea; loyal.
2. Engaging in sex only with one's spouse or only with one's partner in a sexual relationship.
3.
a. Responsible; conscientious: the faithful discharge of his duties.
b. Dependable; reliable: The faithful engine started right up.
4. Consistent with truth or actuality: a faithful reproduction of the portrait.
5. Having or full of faith.
pl.n.
1. The practicing members of a religious faith, especially of Christianity or Islam: a pilgrimage to Mecca made by the faithful.
2. The steadfast adherents of a faith or cause: a meeting of the party faithful.

faith′ful·ly adv.
faith′ful·ness n.
Synonyms: faithful, loyal, true, constant, steadfast, staunch1
These adjectives mean adhering firmly and devotedly to someone or something that elicits or demands one's fidelity. Faithful and loyal both suggest undeviating attachment, though loyal applies more often to political allegiance: a faithful employee; a loyal citizen. True implies steadiness, sincerity, and reliability: remained true to her innermost beliefs. Constant stresses uniformity and invariability: "But I am constant as the northern star" (Shakespeare).
Steadfast implies fixed, unswerving loyalty: a steadfast ally. Staunch even more strongly suggests unshakable attachment or allegiance: a staunch supporter of the cause.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.faithfully - in a faithful mannerfaithfully - in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio"
undependably, unfaithfully, unreliably - in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner
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faithfully

adverb loyally, staunchly, reliably, steadfastly, devotedly, unswervingly, unwaveringly He was faithfully followed and supported.
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Translations
بإخْلاص، بِصِدْقبِصِدْق
věrně
trofast
uskollisesti
vjerno
meî tryggî; nákvæmlega
忠実に
성실하게
zvesto
troget
อย่างเชื่อถือได้
bağlılıklasadakatle
một cách trung thành

faithfully

[ˈfeɪθfəlɪ] ADV [serve] → fielmente, lealmente; [describe, translate] → fielmente, con exactitud
Yours faithfully (Brit) (in letter) → le saluda atentamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

faithfully

[ˈfeɪθfʊli] adv
(= loyally) [serve, follow] → fidèlement
to promise faithfully → donner sa parole
(= accurately) [describe, restore, copy] → fidèlement
(in letters) yours faithfully (British) (to a man)veuillez agréer, Monsieur, l'expression de mes salutations distinguées; (to a woman)veuillez agréer, Madame, l'expression de mes salutations distinguéesfaith healer nguérisseur/euse m/ffaith healing faith-healing nguérison f par la foi
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faithfully

adv
(= loyally)treu; (= conscientiously)gewissenhaft; (= steadfastly)standhaft; to promise faithfullyganz fest versprechen; Yours faithfully (Brit: on letter) → hochachtungsvoll
(= accurately) restoreoriginalgetreu; report, reflect, translate, reproducegenau
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faithfully

[ˈfeɪθflɪ] advfedelmente
he promised faithfully to come → ci ha dato la sua parola che sarebbe venuto
yours faithfully (Brit) (in letters) → distinti saluti
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

faith

(feiθ) noun
1. trust or belief. She had faith in her ability.
2. religious belief. Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.
3. loyalty to one's promise. to keep/break faith with someone.
ˈfaithful adjective
1. loyal and true; not changing. a faithful friend; faithful to his promise.
2. true or exact. a faithful account of what had happened.
ˈfaithfully adverb
Yours faithfully
a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used.
ˈfaithfulness noun
ˈfaithless adjective
ˈfaithlessness noun
in (all) good faith
sincerely. She made the offer in good faith.
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faithfully

بِصِدْق věrně trofast treu πιστά fielmente uskollisesti fidèlement vjerno fedelmente 忠実に 성실하게 trouw trofast wiernie fielmente верно troget อย่างเชื่อถือได้ sadakatle một cách trung thành 忠诚地
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References in classic literature ?
It was one of those moments -- which sometimes occur only at the interval of years -- when a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to his mind's eye.
All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted.
"I was the wife," said she, "of a Blackfoot warrior, and I served him faithfully. Who was so well served as he?
There was once upon a time a soldier who for many years had served the king faithfully, but when the war came to an end could serve no longer because of the many wounds which he had received.
To give the best-natured turn we can to his disposition, he was a very honest man; for, as he was the most inquisitive of mortals, and eternally prying into the secrets of others, so he very faithfully paid them by communicating, in return, everything within his knowledge.
During his absence we faithfully complied with his Desire and after the most mature Deliberation, at length agreed that the best thing we could do was to leave the House; of which we every moment expected the officers of Justice to take possession.
In choice of instruments, it is better to choose men of a plainer sort, that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success, than those that are cunning, to contrive, out of other men's business, somewhat to grace themselves, and will help the matter in report for satisfaction's sake.
I gave him an account of my stock as faithfully, that is to say, of what I had taken to carry with me, for I was resolved, whatever should happen, to keep what I had left with my governess in reserve; that in case I should die, what I had with me was enough to give him, and that which was left in my governess's hands would be her own, which she had well deserved of me indeed.
The navigation of his craft must have engrossed all the Roman's attention in the calm of a summer's day (he would choose his weather), when the single row of long sweeps (the galley would be a light one, not a trireme) could fall in easy cadence upon a sheet of water like plate-glass, reflecting faithfully the classic form of his vessel and the contour of the lonely shores close on his left hand.
On the tenth of October when Dokhturov had gone halfway to Forminsk and stopped at the village of Aristovo, preparing faithfully to execute the orders he had received, the whole French army having, in its convulsive movement, reached Murat's position apparently in order to give battle- suddenly without any reason turned off to the left onto the new Kaluga road and began to enter Forminsk, where only Broussier had been till then.
All the numerous implements which have been in use are likewise faithfully cleansed and put away.
York had interceded for him with the earl, who is very kind-hearted, and the man had promised faithfully that he would never taste another drop as long as he lived there.