soldierly
advEtymology From soldier + -ly.
1
In the manner of a soldier.
soldierly
adjUS /ˈsoʊld͡ʒəɹli/
Etymology From soldier + -ly. Compare soldierlike.
1
Appropriate to, or in the way of, a soldier.
- His soldierly demeanour stood him good stead in civilian life when vicissitudes would assail him.
- People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form.1874, Thomas Hardy, “Coming Home—A Cry”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 99–100:
- Derived terms
- soldierliness, unsoldierly