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soldierly

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊld͡ʒəɹli/

adj

Etymology: From soldier + -ly. Compare soldierlike.

  1. Appropriate to, or in the way of, a soldier.

    “His soldierly demeanour stood him good stead in civilian life when vicissitudes would assail him.”

    “People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form.”

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English soldier Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English soldierly From soldier + -ly.

  1. In the manner of a soldier.