yeomanly

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Definition of yeomanly

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Like a yeoman: stout and true.
    ““Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.””
    “[…] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him.”
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adj

  1. Like a yeoman: stout and true.
    ““Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.””
    “[…] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him.”
  2. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history
    “Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree.”
    “Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank[…].”

adv

  1. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
    “"Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!"”
    “[…] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation[…]”

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Etymology

From yeoman + -ly.

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