chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feckly
Adverb
  • Located on the corner of Via della Spiga and Via Manzoni, a few steps away from the Emporio Armani store and the Armani Hotel, the almost 4,900-square-foot boutique is housed inside a 19th-century Art Nouveau building under the purview of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Müller’s central argument has been that populism should primarily be defined as a movement in which a leader claims to represent a silenced or forgotten—and almost always exclusionary—majority.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Get the Recipe Squash Skillet When squash starts appearing at the market—from zucchini to yellow—Southerners are practically beholden to throwing it in a skillet or casserole dish for the most seasonally delicious side dish.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
  • At Tapestry Coffee in Lakeville, Minnesota, a hot cup of coffee is practically a necessity during a frigid Minnesota winter.
    Kevin Williams, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Cabot Creamery is recalling nearly 1,700 pounds of its Extra Creamy Premium Butter (Sea Salted) due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria, according to a notice from the FDA.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • At least 218 people have been declared dead since Tuesday, with nearly 300 others sustaining injuries, including fractures to the skull, pelvis, and femur from being struck by falling concrete.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • All four crash victims were from Menominee, Wisconsin, about 45 miles northwest of Green Bay, according to the State Police.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Feckly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feckly. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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