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▪ I. yeomanly, a.|ˈjəʊmənlɪ|
[f. yeoman + -ly1.]
1. Having the rank, or the character, of a yeoman.
1576A. Hall Acc. Quarrel w. Mallerie etc., Misc. Antiq. Angl. (1816) I. 97 A yeomanly man. c1590Greene Fr. Bacon xv. (1594) H 6 b, I warrant you hees as yeomanly a man, as you shall see, marke you maisters, heeres a plaine honest man, without welt or garde. 1621Donne Serm., 1 Cor. xv. 26 (1640) 148 Who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce, This is the Patrician, this is the noble flowre, and this the yeomanly, this the Plebeian bran? 1680Aubrey in Lett. Emin. Persons (1813) III. 530 His father was an yeomanly man. 1853Raine in Richmond Wills (Surtees) 36 note, The Fells were and are still a clan of yeomanly gentry in the neighbourhood of Ulverston.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a yeoman; (a) sturdy; (b) homely.
c1626Donne Serm., Ps. xxxviii. 4 (1649) 181 Hee will come to think it..a sordid, a yeomanly thing, still to be plowing, and weeding, and worming a conscience. 1641Milton Reform. i. 28 A homely and Yeomanly Religion. 1673S. Parker Reproof Reh. Transp. 30 It is but a blunt and Yeomanly Jest. 1827Blackw. Mag. XXII. 596 Merry Shrovetide, with its rustic feast, and yeomanly feats. 1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. Going to Races, One of a fine yeomanly spirit, not ashamed of his station,..sowing his own corn, driving his own team, and occasionally ploughing his own land. 1897Howells Landlord at Lion's Head 126 There was something in Jeff's figure..of a yeomanly vigour.
▪ II. ˈyeomanly, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In the manner of or befitting a yeoman; like a yeoman; doughtily, handsomely.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 106 Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly [v.rr. ȝemanly, ȝimanly, ȝemonlie]. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xxix, ‘Do the false yeomen give way?’ ‘No!’..‘they bear themselves right yeomanly.’ 1843James Forest Days ix, ‘Right yeomanly done’, cried Robin Hood. |