What does soldierly mean?

soldierly means "(of persons) befitting a warrior".

How many syllables are in soldierly?

soldierly has 3 syllables and divides as sol-dier-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for soldierly?

Close synonyms include soldierlike, warriorlike, martial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soldierly a common word?

soldierly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Soldierly — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of persons) befitting a warrior
“a military bearing”
Synonymssoldierlike warriorlike martial
Similarmilitary

Questions about soldierly

What does soldierly mean?: soldierly means "(of persons) befitting a warrior".
How many syllables are in soldierly?: soldierly has 3 syllables and divides as sol-dier-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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