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US /ˈfɛkli/ UK /ˈfɛkli/

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A Scots dialect adverb meaning 'mostly, for the most part', from 'feck' ('the greater part, effect') + the adverbial suffix '-ly'. 'Feck' is an aphetic form of 'effect', from Latin 'effectus'.

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