yeomanly

English

From yeoman +‎ -ly.

yeomanly (comparative more yeomanly, superlative most yeomanly)

Like a yeoman: stout and true.
- 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 40, in Ivanhoe‎^[1]:
  “Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.”
- 1914, William Morris, The Sundering Flood‎^[2]:
  […] 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
- 1884, Various, Bay State Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884‎^[3]:
  Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree.
- 1893, Thomas De Quincey, The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)‎^[4]:
  Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank […] .

yeomanly (comparative more yeomanly, superlative most yeomanly)

Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
- 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 11, in Ivanhoe‎^[5]:
  "Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!"
- 1875, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas‎^[6]:
  […] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation […]