adverb
Etymology: pat (IV) + -ly
: in a pat manner : aptly , suitably
the too patly remembered conversations, and all the other fakeries that have become standard in the “as told to” books — Gilbert Seldes
adverb
Etymology: pat (IV) + -ly
: in a pat manner : aptly , suitably
the too patly remembered conversations, and all the other fakeries that have become standard in the “as told to” books — Gilbert Seldes
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012