Definify.com

Webster 1828 Edition


Sprucely

SPRUCELY

,
adv.
With extreme or affected neatness.

Definition 2024


sprucely

sprucely

English

Adverb

sprucely (comparative more sprucely, superlative most sprucely)

  1. In a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
      'Ah ! Hawk,' said one very sprucely dressed personage in a Newmarket coat, a choice neckerchief, and all other accessories of the most unexceptionable kind.