frontly
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English
Etymology
Adverb
frontly (comparative more frontly, superlative most frontly)
- Towards or through the front of something; directly.
- 2003, Julie Sinatra, Under My Skin: My Father, Frank Sinatra: The Man Behind the Mystique, Lincoln, N.E.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 197:
- Dad put Eleanor in the center as the cameras focused frontly on her and the audience saw him from the back as he interviewed her.
- 2019 December 31, Adam Vaughan, quoting Alexandre de Juniac, “Aviation chief criticises Greta Thunberg and 'flight-shaming' movement”, in New Scientist, London: New Scientist Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03:
- "We are not the only polluter on this planet, and we have taken the subject frontly, directly and massively," he told New Scientist. He said her message will lead to a world where people will be unable to connect.
References
- “frontly, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
