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# faithfully

«faithfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (faithfully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#m1)

2) Faithfully means exactly and carefully, without changes: «copied faithfully». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#m2)

3) (UK, Ireland, Australia) «Yours faithfully» is the polite way to end a formal letter when you begin with «Dear Sir or Madam». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#m3)

4) (church) Faithfully also means with religious faith and devotion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In letter-writing lessons, pupils learn «Yours faithfully» and «Yours sincerely». In stories, a faithful dog waits faithfully for its owner. Phrases: «Yours faithfully», «faithfully promise», «faithfully copied», «serve faithfully».

### examples

- The dog waited faithfully at the door every evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x1)
- He promised faithfully to return the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x2)
- She copied the drawing faithfully, line by line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x3)
- The old gardener served the family faithfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x4)
- End your letter to «Dear Sir or Madam» with «Yours faithfully». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x5)
- She went to church faithfully every Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x6)
- This promise he has faithfully kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/#x7)

### note

UK rule: «Dear Sir or Madam» → «Yours faithfully»; «Dear Mrs Smith» → «Yours sincerely». In the US «Sincerely» is used for both. Adjective: «faithful»; noun: «faith», «faithfulness».

### In the corpora

- [Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.684/)
- [The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.846/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «faithfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faithfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.