yeomanly
adverb
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adj
Etymology: From yeoman + -ly.
- 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.”
- 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
Etymology: From yeoman + -ly.
- 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[…]”