sprucely

English

Etymology

spruce +‎ -ly

Adverb

sprucely (comparative more sprucely, superlative most sprucely)

In a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.
- 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
  'Ah ! Hawk,' said one very sprucely dressed personage in a Newmarket coat, a choice neckerchief, and all other accessories of the most unexceptionable kind.

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