FAITHFULLY Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

faithfully

adverb

Definition of faithfully

as in precisely

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Recent Examples of faithfully Judd did not begin by deciding what architecture ought to look like, what materials ought to be used, or how faithfully an existing building ought to be preserved. — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 This family faithfully served their country while living at the highest echelons of their society and enjoying the best creature comforts. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 And if nothing else, the celebratory nature of the 2007 show where Clover did appear on stage, with Pete having the time of his life being in his favorite group, and these songs were played very faithfully to the original tempos and arrangements. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 The backstory Completed in 2022, Capella Hanoi draws on the glamour of the French Indochina era without attempting to faithfully recreate it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 One question remains, just how faithfully does THE 800XL recreate the original machine beneath its familiar exterior? — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026 The urban details would be faithfully rendered to the last golf ball or egg—each reduced to approximately the bulk of a hemoglobin molecule, or the distance grown by a human fingernail every five seconds. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Late Fame was adapted faithfully from the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler’s late nineteenth-century novella, itself a recent recovery, but the transposition to the present functions only up until this point. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 The upcoming film will feature a number of familiar faces from the arcade classic, with the cast and crew working to faithfully recreate the characters’ looks — and signature fighting styles. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithfully

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Lilli—with comically large breasts, chic outfits, and heavy makeup—was precisely what Handler had been looking for.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
The island’s semiconductor, communications equipment, and precision machinery industries are precisely those that will be needed to build the physical systems that can use American AI models.

— LIN CHIA-LUNG, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of precisely

Adverb

Jones performed respectably in his first taste of postseason baseball, going 2-for-8 with two runs scored in the games against the Red Sox.

— James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Fine text and small features were generally well resolved, while overhang performance held up respectably without excessive stringing.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026

Definition of respectably

Adverb

Breakfast is currently available both in the Riverside Lounge or in-room—the latter definitely recommended, ideally on the balcony table for a particularly serene start to the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Experts recommend limiting salt to no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) per day, and ideally less than 1,500 mg per day.

— Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of ideally

Adverb

The flashback structure doesn’t serve much of a purpose except to delay the audience’s complete endorsement of a character who, though appropriately cantankerous, is unambiguously a hero and nice guy.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Per People, Madonna—perhaps appropriately—chose to go as the Weeping Madonna statue, and Morris was dressed as a nun.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of appropriately

Adverb

Kee has been acknowledged in the past—not least, and quite rightly, by herself—as the author of the prints Chanel used that season.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
This keeps directors out of operational decisions, which are rightly management’s to make, while giving the board a standing basis for treating the vote as the opening obligation of oversight rather than its conclusion.

— Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of rightly

Adverb

Lamar and Rihanna's vocals were nice and present in the center of the mix, too, and the percussion was decently crisp.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
The sellers also have put in some work, installing new appliances and a sleek sage-green backsplash in a galley kitchen that’s both flush with cabinet space and decently large.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of decently

Adverb

Presenting this new model at the first International Conference on Organoid Intelligence in the US this week, Australia's Cortical Labs presented its new system called, quite fittingly, HIVE.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Cowboy Carter got its time in the halftime show spotlight as Beyoncé headlined the 2024 NFL Christmas Gameday halftime show, fittingly branded as the Beyoncé Bowl.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026

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