manshiply

adv

manshiply

adv

Etymology From Middle English manshiply (“honorably, faithfully; in a courtly manner”), equivalent to manship + -ly.

1

Obsolete manly, honorably, faithfully; good qualities of a man; in a courtly, polite manner

  • 1500, English Conquest of Ireland The Pepil of the londe manshiply hym sholde vp-take.
Related terms
manship, Middle English manshipen

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