loyally

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlɔɪəli/ UK /ˈlɔɪəli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a faithful and devoted manner

She served the company loyally for thirty years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a faithful and devoted... faithfully devotedly steadfastly staunchly dutifully truly

Opposites

disloyallytreacherouslyfaithlessly

Word family

Related forms loyal loyalty loyalist disloyal

Etymology

From loyal + -ly. Loyal comes from Old French leial, loial, from Latin legalis ('legal'), from lex ('law').

loyal Old French legalis Latin lex Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# loyally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɔɪəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlɔɪəli/

## Meanings
1. in a faithful and devoted manner

## Examples
- She served the company loyally for thirty years.

## Synonyms
- faithfully
- devotedly
- steadfastly
- staunchly
- dutifully
- truly

## Antonyms
- disloyally
- treacherously
- faithlessly

## Related Forms
- loyal
- loyalty
- loyalist
- disloyal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: loyal
- Root: legalis
- Root: lex

## Etymology
From loyal + -ly. Loyal comes from Old French leial, loial, from Latin legalis ('legal'), from lex ('law').

## AI Etymology
Loyally comes from loyal + -ly. Loyal comes from Old French leial, loial, from Latin legalis ('legal'), from lex ('law'). The etymological trail includes Old French loyal, Latin legalis, Latin lex. The same word family includes loyal, loyalty, loyalist, disloyal. Its current adverb use means "in a faithful and devoted manner".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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