Soldierly
['səʊdʒəlɪ] or ['soldʒɚli]
Definition
(adj.) (of persons) befitting a warrior; 'a military bearing' .
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Definition
(a.) Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Warlike, martial, military, soldier-like.[2]. Valiant, brave, gallant, intrepid, courageous.
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Examples
- What with his coolness and his soldierly bearing, he looked far more like the prison guard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Henry and Frederick Lynn are very dashing sparks indeed; and Colonel Dent is a fine soldierly man. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His orders to troops indicate only a soldierly spirit, with probably a little regard for the perpetuation of his own fame. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He made me another of his soldierly bows in acknowledgment of what he called my condescension. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. George rose, made me another of his soldierly bows, wished my guardian a good day, and strode heavily out of the room. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But all the men, like good fellows as they were, rallied round their comrade's pretty wife, and paid her their court with soldierly gallantry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Birkin could not help seeing how beautiful and soldierly his face was, with a certain courage to be indifferent. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was very good-looking and self-contained, but his air of soldierly alertness was rather irritating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She looked up at her son, as he stood, keen and soldierly, near to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He possessed valuable soldierly qualities in an eminent degree. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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