warlikely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

warlike +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

warlikely (comparative more warlikely, superlative most warlikely)

  1. (obsolete) In a warlike manner.
    • 1722, Isaac Kimber, The History of England, page 470:
      Thus warlikely accoutred she rode immediately to Blois, where Forces and Provisions lay for the Relief of Orleans, with which she and the Marshal and Admiral of France entred.
    • 1891, Jean Paul, Levana, page 224:
      The man, in whom the state, or his own genius, destroys the balance of powers for the advantage of one, will always bring this overlaying influence to education: the soldier will educate warlikely; the poet poetically; []