Definitions

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  • adjective Befitting a farmer.

Etymologies

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farmer +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Monsieur has a good laugh at all this "nonsense" going on, up in our yard before he offers some farmerly advice:

    souci - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Monsieur has a good laugh at all this "nonsense" going on, up in our yard before he offers some farmerly advice: "Fraises!"

    souci - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • It had been easy enough to pass ourselves off for farmerly cattle-buyers in the Umbrian Mountains.

    Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

  • Here nature is rich, but, farmerly or businessly speaking, killingly prosaic -- no romance -- no Lake Superior water -- no scenery -- nothing, finally, that could captivate a poetical glance.

    Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

  • Here nature is rich, but, _farmerly_ or _businessly_ speaking, killingly prosaic -- no romance -- no Lake Superior water -- no scenery -- nothing, finally, that could captivate a poetical glance.

    Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828

  • "I'm here to tell you our job is not finished and and we are not going anywhere until it is," Obama said after meeting with government and business leaders in Panama City, Florida. pc tha great album release party @ buck wilds farmerly know as stetsuns my up coming album release party at buck wilds aka stetsuns

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

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    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Drag to Playlist pc tha great album release party @ buck wilds farmerly know as stetsuns my up coming album release party at buck wilds aka stetsuns 4004 3rd street panama city fla.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • People gave me glowing praise for my farmerly skill, and lo, I was happy.

    CrazyAuntPurl 2009

  • This had been picked up on by her husband, as for all his apparent equanimity and farmerly appearance Sorley had an astute sense of atmosphere.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

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