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In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Suitably; fitly. [R.]

that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer.

In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

To arrange fitly; to make accordant. Wake to energy each social aim, Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove. Beattie.

harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Co…

To unite or connect firmly, as in a system. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. Eph. iv. 16.

To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.

Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] "Well and covenably." Chaucer.

Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." Drayton. Thyself and office deftly show. Shak.

e in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly. None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. Dr. H. More.

Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] Chaucer. Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language Addison.

Fitly; suitably; properly.

nates the province we include within the range of science, the province we exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical. G. H. Lewes.

To join unfitly or improperly.

Fitly; seasonably. Barrow.