soldierlike (soljerlik)

Soldierly. I will not say pity me; 'tis not a soldier - like phrase. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 1. 13. On hearing the general orders, he discharged a tempest of veteran, soldier - like oaths. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 316. soldierly (sōl'jer-li), a . [Early mod. E. soul dierly ; soldier + -ly1.] Like or befitting a soldier, especially in a moral sense: as, soldierly conduct. He seem'd a souldierly person and a good fellow. Evelyn , Diary, June 15, 1675. His own [face), tho' keen and bold and soldierly , Sear'd by the close ecliptic, was not fair. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field.