adv. Sc. and north. dial. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]

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  † 1.  Effectually, indeed. Obs.

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c. 1680.  [F. Sempill], Banishm. Poverty, in Watson, Collect. Scots Poems, I. 14.

          Yet God reward her for her Love
And Kindness which I fectlie fand,
Most ready still for my behoof
Ere that Hells Hound took her in hand.

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  2.  For the most part, mostly; almost. Also maist feckly.

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a. 1774.  Fergusson, Poet. Wks., Ode to the Bee (1845).

        Auld age maist feckly glowers right dour
Upon the ailings o’ the poor.

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1786.  Burns, The Inventory, 29.

        Wheel carriages I ha’e but few,
Three carts, an’ twa are feckly new.

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1846.  Ball. & Songs Ayrshire, Ser. I. 112.

        An’ tho’ she’s feckly twice my age,
I lo’e her best of ony.

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1891.  H. Halliburton, Ochil Idylls, Oor Member’s Address 90.

        Nae doot it’s feckly wrang to lee,
But then lang-windit naigs like me
Maun rin baith haund an’ helter free.

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