martial
adjective
inclined or disposed to war; warlike.
martially
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a word derived from
martial.
Example Sentences
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He was slender, straight-backed, and youthful in appearance, martially impervious to the cold, with a strict manner that was accentuated by his suit.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2018
Malcolm Sinclair is a doctor rigid with self-belief, who expels his words martially as if they were pellets, and is excited by his own ardour into trance-like displays of eloquence.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2012
On the sultry afternoon of July 22, 1916 a Preparedness Day parade moved martially down San Francisco's Market Street between close-packed lines of spectators.
From Time Magazine Archive
From bomb-blasted London came first pictures of rich, resplendent Sir Ibrahim, 67-year-old, martially habilimented Sultan of Johore, and his new Rumanian wife, red-blonde Marcella Mendl, 25.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a mid-afternoon of spring, the little boy Jody walked martially along the brush-lined road toward his home ranch.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
