[f. as prec. + -LY2.] In the manner of or befitting a yeoman; like a yeoman; doughtily, handsomely.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 106. Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly [v.rr. ȝemanly, ȝimanly, ȝemonlie].
1819. Scott, Ivanhoe, xxix. Do the false yeomen give way? No! they bear themselves right yeomanly.
1843. G. P. R. James, Forest Days, ix. Right yeomanly done, cried Robin Hood.