chieftainly
adjEtymology 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: