sprucely
English
Etymology
spruce + -ly
Adverb
sprucely (comparative more sprucely, superlative most sprucely)
- 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.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby