[f. as prec. + -LY2.] In the manner of or befitting a yeoman; like a yeoman; doughtily, handsomely.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Prol., 106. Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly [v.rr. ȝemanly, ȝimanly, ȝemonlie].

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1819.  Scott, Ivanhoe, xxix. ‘Do the false yeomen give way?’ ‘No!’… ‘they bear themselves right yeomanly.

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1843.  G. P. R. James, Forest Days, ix. ‘Right yeomanly done,’ cried Robin Hood.

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