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sergeant-majorly

sergeant-majorly adjective: in the manner of a sergeant major.

Adjective

sergeant-majorly (comparative more sergeant-majorly, superlative most sergeant-majorly)

  1. In the manner of a sergeant major.
    • Captain David Margesson who not withstanding his official description as War Minister, is usually the soul of gentle geniality, was almost sergeant-majorly in his treatment of the mildest question.1941, Francis Cowley Burland, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks and Owen Seaman, Punch (Volume CCI), Punch Publications Ltd, Page 446
    • In Rural Rides, within a few pages, he manages to insult Scotsmen and the Cotswolds, but in a sergeant-majorly sort of way, […]1973, Seumas Stewart, Book Collecting: A Beginner's Guide, E. P. Dutton, Page 206

Forms of sergeant-majorly

comparativemore sergeant-majorly
superlativemost sergeant-majorly

Origin of sergeant-majorly

From sergeant major + -ly.

Questions about sergeant-majorly

What does sergeant-majorly mean?
Sergeant-majorly means in the manner of a sergeant major.
What part of speech is sergeant-majorly?
Sergeant-majorly is an adjective.

Words near sergeant-majorly in the dictionary

  1. sergeant major loaches
  2. sergeant majors
  3. sergeant-at-arms
  4. sergeant-at-law
  5. sergeant-major
  6. sergeant-majorly
  7. sergeant-majors
  8. sergeantcies
  9. sergeantcy
  10. sergeantess
  11. sergeantesses

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