What does yeomanly mean?
Yeomanly means Like a yeoman: stout and true..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
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[…].
"Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!"
[…] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation[…]
Use yeomanly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yeomanly means Like a yeoman: stout and true..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.”
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