a. and adv. [f. as prec. + -LIKE.]
A. adj. Like, or becoming to, an alderman.
1612. Shelton, Don Quix., I. iv. 20 (T.). All in a grave posture and with an aldermanlike pace.
1779. Miss Wilkes, in Wilkes’ Corr. (1805), IV. 285. On Friday morning; I shall arrive, alderman-like, with some Dorking fowls for your acceptance.
1831. Blakey, Free. Wills, 68. Notwithstanding what Swift says about its being an alderman-like virtue.
† B. adv. After the manner of an alderman. Obs.
1617. J. Rider, Dict., Aldermanlike, Senatorie, patricie, adv.
