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Etymology

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From peasant +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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peasantly (comparative more peasantly, superlative most peasantly)

  1. Like a peasant.
    • 1645 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:
      But ere I could enter three leaves into the Pamflet , (for I deferr the peasantly – rudenes , which by the Licencers leav , I met with afterwards
    • 1846, Sir Walter Scott, Bernhard Tauchnitz (Leipzig), The Fortunes of Nigel, page 179:
      “Reckoning!” exclaimed Lord Dalgarno in the same tone as a rustique before, “perish the peasantly phrase! []
    • 2003, Sanimir Resic, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, The Balkans in Focus: Cultural Boundaries in Europe, page 160:
      On the other hand, Ceribašić shows the persistence of “ancient”, “domestic” and “peasantly” as potential bearers of national identity.
    • 2011, Deirdre N. McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World:
      That sounds nice, if rather old Russian and peasantly.
    • 2017, original Finnish version 1870, Aleksis Kivi, The Brothers Seven, page 106:
      I have no words in this peasantly state.
      Peasantly indeed, infinitely peasantly!

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