choicely

English

Etymology

choice +‎ -ly

Adverb

choicely (comparative more choicely, superlative most choicely)

  1. With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
    • Shakespeare
      a band of men collected choicely, from each county some
  2. In a preferable or excellent manner; eminently.
    • Walton
      choicely good

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for choicely in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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