chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feckly
Adverb
  • Cuomo’s desperate campaign — almost certainly his last — tried to knit together a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Democrats worried that a socialist mayor would wreck their city and their party.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Filler shots of chauffeurs, champagne and colossal walk-in closets with pristine designer clobber glistening and gleaming from glass shelves centred around trays and trays of priceless jewels assault the viewer’s senses between almost every scene.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • But the man who caught her eye in the end was practically a stranger.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • While other Super Tuscans are practically household names among wine collectors, Ca’Marcanda’s flagship blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, Camarcanda (without the apostrophe), seems to fly under the radar.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Vietnam’s Communist Party chief, To Lam, visited North Korea in early October — the first such trip in nearly two decades — while reports suggest Hanoi may pursue the purchase of 40 Russian Su-35 fighter jets.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Though the Maldives is the first country to enact such a ban, similar proposals have been debated – and nearly imposed – in other parts of the world.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Jacksonville businesses of all kinds have been affected by the downstream effects of the second-longest government shutdown in history, including Chicken Country, a restaurant that has provided the area with Southern cooking for about 50 years.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The aircraft had taken off from Retford Gamston Airport, located about 25 miles away in Nottinghamshire, just before the crash, the BBC reported.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Feckly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feckly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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