yours faithfully

English

Adjective

yours faithfully

1. (UK) A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.

Usage notes

In the United States, this is rarely used, nor is the reverse faithfully yours much used.

Translations

polite, formulaic end to letters

• Arabic: تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肅然／肃然 (zh) (sùrán)

• Czech: s pozdravem
• Dutch: hoogachtend (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioittaen (fi), kunnioittavasti (fi), ystävällisin terveisin, parhain terveisin
• French: fidèlement votre, sincères salutations, Je vous prie d’agréer, Mesdames, Messieurs, l’assurance de ma considération distinguée
• Galician: atentamente
• Georgian: პატივისცემით (ṗaṭiviscemit)
• German: hochachtungsvoll (de)
• Hungarian: (obsolete, now only with an ironical edge) maradok őszinte híve, őszinte híve, kiváló tisztelettel, szívélyes üdvözlettel
• Japanese: 敬具 (ja) (けいぐ, keigu), 不一 (ja) (ふいつ, fuitsu), 不宣 (ja) (ふせん, fusen)
• Polish: z poważaniem (pl)
• Romanian: Al dumneavoastră
• Russian: с уваже́нием (ru) (s uvažénijem), с глубо́ким уваже́нием (s glubókim uvažénijem)
• Scottish Gaelic: is mise gu dìleas
• Tagalog: lubos na sumasainyo, sumasainyo

See also

• yours sincerely
• yours truly
• Valediction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia