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Yeomanly vs Yeomanlike - What's the difference?

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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

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)

    yeomanlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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 citation
    • , passage=The small orchestra played superbly under Wikman's direction; of special note is David Schrader's yeomanlike service on the harpsichord. }}

    Synonyms

    * yeomanly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly
  • * {{quote-book, year=1819, author=Walter Scott, title=Ivanhoe, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. }}

    Synonyms

    * yeomanly