fellowly
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of fellowly
1175–1225; Middle English feolahlich, felawely; see fellow, -ly
Example Sentences
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Hymns to the nations' friendly gods Went up from the fellowly shrines, No demagogue beat the pulpit-drum In the Age of the Antonines!
From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman
He had scarce a fellowly carriage for his equals.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
Stubbs also speaks of it as a "bloody and murthering practice, rather than a fellowly sport or pastime."
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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