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Stoutly vs Yeomanly - What's the difference?

stoutly | yeomanly |

As adverbs the difference between stoutly and yeomanly

is that stoutly is in a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately while yeomanly is like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely.

As an adjective yeomanly is

like a yeoman: stout and true.

stoutly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately.
    • He stoutly defended himself.

    Synonyms

    * proudly, robustly, strongly, torely

    yeomanly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a yeoman: stout and true
  • * {{quote-book, year=1914, author=William Morris, title=The Sundering Flood, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=
  • Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history
  • * {{quote-book, year=1884, author=Various, title=Bay State Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Thomas De Quincey, title=The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
  • * {{quote-book, year=1819, author=Walter Scott, title=Ivanhoe, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!" }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1875, author=Harriet Beecher Stowe, title=Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=

    See also

    * yeomanry * (Yeoman)