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Facetely vs Facete - What's the difference?

facetely | facete | Derived terms |

Facetely is a derived term of facete.


As an adverb facetely

is (obsolete) wittily, pleasantly.

As an adjective facete is

(archaic) facetious.

facetely

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly.
  • *, III.2.2.ii:
    • the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […].

    facete

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Facetious.
  • * , I.2.4.iv:
    • Adrian the sixth popegave command that statue should be demolished and burned, the ashes flung into the River Tiber, and had done it forthwith, had not Lodovicus Suessanus, a facete companion, dissuaded him to the contrary […].

    Derived terms

    * facetely * faceteness ----