peasantly
peasantly adjective: like a peasant.
Adjective
peasantly (comparative more peasantly, superlative most peasantly)
- Like a peasant.
- But ere I could enter three leaves into the Pamflet , (for I deferr the peasantly – rudenes , which by the Licencers leav , I met with afterwards1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC
- “Reckoning!” exclaimed Lord Dalgarno in the same tone as a rustique before, “perish the peasantly phrase! […]”1846, Sir Walter Scott, Bernhard Tauchnitz (Leipzig), The Fortunes of Nigel, page 179
Examples of peasantly in a sentence
- On the other hand, Ceribašić shows the persistence of “ancient”, “domestic” and “peasantly” as potential bearers of national identity.2003, Sanimir Resic, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, The Balkans in Focus: Cultural Boundaries in Europe, page 160:
- That sounds nice, if rather old Russian and peasantly.2011, Deirdre N. McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World:
Forms of peasantly
| comparative | more peasantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most peasantly |
Origin of peasantly
From peasant + -ly.
Questions about peasantly
- What does peasantly mean?
- Peasantly means like a peasant.
- How do you use peasantly in a sentence?
- On the other hand, Ceribašić shows the persistence of “ancient”, “domestic” and “peasantly” as potential bearers of national identity.
- What part of speech is peasantly?
- Peasantly is an adjective.
Words near peasantly in the dictionary
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