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feastly

adj

Etymology

From Middle English festlich, equivalent to feast + -ly. Compare Dutch feestelijk (“festive”), German festlich (“festive, solemn”), Danish and Swedish festlig (“festive, solemn”).

  1. inherited from festlich

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a feast

    Of, relating to, or characteristic of a feast; festive.

    • So my old man, he says Lord thank you for this feastly grub that the relatives worked so hard for […]
    • Royal entrances not only provide for feast and, implicitly, collective feastly behaviour but they themselves are feasts equivalent with the ordinary feasts on the agenda of a particular place.

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