feckly

adverb

feck·​ly ˈfek-lē 

chiefly Scotland

: almost, nearly

Synonyms

• about
• all but
• almost
• borderline
• fair [chiefly British]
• fairly
• more or less
• most
• much
• near
• nearly
• next to
• nigh
• practically
• somewhere
• virtually
• well-nigh

Examples of feckly in a Sentence

an Edinburgh hotel that is feckly new

Word History

Etymology

feck + -ly

First Known Use

1768, in the meaning defined above