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yeomanly
[ yoh-muhn-lee ]
adjective
- of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
- pertaining to or befitting a yeoman; loyal, staunch, sturdy, etc.
adverb
- like or as befits a yeoman.
yeomanly
/ ˈjəʊmənlɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or like a yeoman
- having the virtues attributed to yeomen, such as staunchness, loyalty, and courage
adverb
- in a yeomanly manner, as in being brave, staunch, or loyal
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Ennos is not all yeomanly practicality.
We also want to thank Clay Eals for his yeomanly work as editor-in-chief and general whip-cracker.
Most yeomanly English novelist since Galsworthy, Sir Hugh Walpole was finishing a long Elizabethan adventure story "to keep myself quiet."
Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly: His arrows droopèd not with feathers low, And in his hand he bare a mighty bow.
Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank; and people of that rank a century back did not often make visits as far as Southampton.
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