bachelorly,a.|ˈbætʃɪləlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly1.] Of, or of the nature of, a bachelor, bachelor-like. 1580Sidney Arcad. iii. 237 His brother..protesting his bachelry [1598 bachelerly] intention.1611Cotgr., Bachelier, bachelerly.1823C. Westmacott Points of Misery 71 A set of stout bachelorly personages.