adv. and a. [f. as prec. + LIKE.]
A. adv. After the manner of the French people; in French fashion.
c. 1550. Cheke, Matt. xviii. 17, note. We folowing ye greek calle yis house, as ye north doth yet moor truli sound it, ye kurk, and we moor corruptli and frenchlike, ye church.
1597–8. Bp. Hall, Sat., III. vii. 34.
| His haire, French like, stares on his frighted hed, | |
| One locke Amazon-like disheveled. |
1632. Lithgow, Trav., III. 126. Whatsoever extortion or injury they use against him, he must be French-like contented, bowing his head, and making a counterfeit shew of thanks, and happy too oftentimes, if so hee escape.
B. adj. Like the French.
1848. in Craig.
