Antonyms for sprucely
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : sproos |
| Phonetic Transcription : sprus |
Definition of sprucely
Origin :- "evergreen tree," 1660s, from spruse (adj.) "made of spruce wood" (early 15c.), literally "from Prussia," from Spruce, Sprws (late 14c.), unexplained alterations of Pruce "Prussia," from an Old French form of Prussia. Spruce seems to have been a generic term for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, board, leather, see spruce (v.)), and the tree was believed to have come from Prussia.
- As in neatly : adv tidily
- As in gracefully : adv lithely
- He was sprucely shaved and what little hair he had was carefully trimmed.
- Extract from : « Anne Of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- When the two boys quitted camp Bob was walking as sprucely as ever.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge » by Herbert Carter
- He was now sprucely clothed, and in his lapel he wore a bunch of violets.
- Extract from : « The Key to Yesterday » by Charles Neville Buck
- He was so sprucely dressed that she asked him if he were going out.
- Extract from : « Gladys, the Reaper » by Anne Beale
- These sprucely dressed young fellows were Tories of the worst description, but they followed in the footsteps of their fathers.
- Extract from : « The First Capture » by Harry Castlemon
- She never saw him looking so well, nor so sprucely dressed, before.
- Extract from : « Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series » by William Bottrell
- A little after he saw a sprucely dressed young priest come in and seat himself at the table.
- Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
- Matre Payen was sprucely dressed half as a priest, half as a rich burgher.
- Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
- Wat watched her without speaking as she moved nimbly and with a certain deft, defiant ease about the sprucely painted kitchen.
- Extract from : « Lochinvar » by S. R. Crockett
- The bridegroom was a well looking young man, as clean and sprucely dressed as his bride, though not with such emblematic purity.
- Extract from : « A Description of Millenium Hall » by Sarah Scott
Synonyms for sprucely
- accurately
- adeptly
- adroitly
- agilely
- aptly
- artistically
- beautifully
- charmingly
- cleanly
- daintily
- delicately
- delightfully
- dexterously
- easily
- efficiently
- elegantly
- expertly
- exquisitely
- fastidiously
- felicitously
- fitly
- graciously
- handily
- handsomely
- harmoniously
- methodically
- neatly
- nicely
- nimbly
- orderly
- pleasingly
- precisely
- rhythmically
- skillfully
- smoothly
- sprucely
- symmetrically
- tastefully
- trimly
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