Yeomanly vs Yeomanlike - What's the difference?
yeomanly | yeomanlike | Synonyms |
Like a yeoman: stout and true
* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=William Morris, title=The Sundering Flood, chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, 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=
, 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
Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
* {{quote-book, year=1819, author=Walter Scott, title=Ivanhoe, chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, passage=
Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout
* {{quote-news, year=1995, date=March 31, author=Sarah Bryan Miller, title=Despot Measures, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=The small orchestra played superbly under Wikman's direction; of special note is David Schrader's yeomanlike service on the harpsichord. }}
In the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly
* {{quote-book, year=1819, author=Walter Scott, title=Ivanhoe, chapter=, edition=
, passage=One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. }}
Yeomanlike is a synonym of yeomanly.
As adjectives the difference between yeomanly and yeomanlike
is that yeomanly is like a yeoman: stout and true while yeomanlike is resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout.As adverbs the difference between yeomanly and yeomanlike
is that yeomanly is like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely while yeomanlike is in the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly.yeomanly
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See also
* yeomanry * (Yeoman)yeomanlike
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