Fastly

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My dd's primary school teacher has agreed fastly is a word but according to him it means quickly

Gah!

Shall I buy him a dictionary for Christmas!

Agreed with whom?? Is it a word?

I thought it was what Georgie Pilson says after secondly.

It is a word. Synonyms would be tightly, securely. It's a very archaic word, though.

It's relates to 'fastness' isn't it? As in 'he held fast to the rope'.

I think steadfast comes from the same root.

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Or should that be 'held fastly'?

Oops, sorry!

"Hold fast". Sure.
"Held fastly" - no problems if it's 1650 (but it ain't).

"Fastly" has never meant quick but I wouldn't sweat it. She sounds like a pretty good teacher whose saying the concept is right and the grammar will come. She's encouraging vocabulary building and all it's all good (1650 or not).

Anyway - why shouldn't fastly mean quickly?