English

Adjective

yeomanly ‎(comparative more yeomanly, superlative most yeomanly)

1. Like a yeoman: stout and true
   • 1914, William Morris, The Sundering Flood:

     […] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him.

2. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history
   • 1884, Various, Bay State Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884:

     Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree.

   • 1893, Thomas De Quincey, The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols):

     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

yeomanly ‎(comparative more yeomanly, superlative most yeomanly)

1. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     "Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!"

   • 1875, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas:

     […] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation […]

See also

• yeomanry
• Yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia