SOLDIERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soldierly mean? 

• SOLDIERLY (adjective)
  The adjective SOLDIERLY has 1 sense:

1. (of persons) befitting a warrior

  Familiarity information: SOLDIERLY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLDIERLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of persons) befitting a warrior

Synonyms:

martial; soldierlike; soldierly; warriorlike

Context example:

a military bearing

Similar:

military (characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military)

Derivation:

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

 Context examples 

His figure was erect and soldierly, and he rode his horse with the careless grace of a man whose life had been spent in the saddle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Henry and Frederick Lynn are very dashing sparks indeed; and Colonel Dent is a fine soldierly man.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

When she went home, he walked with her to her own gate, shook hands cordially, and touched his hat as he marched back again, looking very stately and erect, like a handsome, soldierly old gentleman, as he was.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With a soldierly salute, he wheeled round his horse, and, galloping down the lists, disappeared amid the dense crowd of footmen and of horsemen who were streaming away from the scene of the tournament.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)