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yeomanly en · ADJ

Etymology

From yeoman + -ly.

Meanings

1. Like a yeoman: stout and true.
   • […] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him. 1914, William Morris, The Sundering Flood:
   • “Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.” 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 40, in Ivanhoe:
2. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history
   • Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree. 1884, Various, Bay State Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884:
   • Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank[…]. 1893, Thomas De Quincey, The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols):

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yeomanly en · ADV

Etymology

From yeoman + -ly.

Meanings

1. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
   • […] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation[…] 1875, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas:
   • "Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!" 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 11, in Ivanhoe:

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Relateds

yeomanry