chieftainly

adj

chieftainly

adj

Etymology From chieftain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of captainly.

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Befitting a chieftain.

  • But anyway, if healthy minds in healthy bodies was a New England requirement then, at least chieftainly Hawaiians, though frequently corpulent, were impressively fit.2015 August 26, Jan Morris, “‘Paradise of the Pacific,’ by Susanna Moore”, in New York Times:

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