faithfully

From Middle English feithfulli, equivalent to faithful +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪθfəli/

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faithfully (comparative more faithfully, superlative most faithfully)

1. In a faithful manner.

   The CD reproduces music faithfully.

   I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.

   • 1990, “Policy of Truth”, in Violator, performed by Depeche Mode:

     You'll see your problems multiplied / if you continually decide / to faithfully pursue / the policy of truth.

2. (US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.

• (formula for ending correspondence): yours faithfully (UK)

• unfaithfully

• sincerely
• truly