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▪ I. Quakerly, a.|ˈkweɪkəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly1.]
Like a Quaker; befitting a Quaker.
1684Goodman Old Relig. (1848) 247 A malapert quakerly humour. 1797Louisa Gurney Diary in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys of Earlham (1895) I. 66, I am quite sorry to see him grow so Quakerly. 1829Macaulay Misc. Writ. (1860) I. 284 They therefore affect a quakerly plainness. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes I. vii. 235 Philadelphia,..is a handsome city, but distractingly regular. After walking about it for an hour or two,..I would have given the world for a crooked street. The collar of my coat appeared to stiffen, and the brim of my hat to expand, beneath its quakerly influence. 1879Church Times 21 Mar. 187/2 The Quakerly ‘simplicity’ which the Persecution Company is seeking to force upon so comparatively insignificant a matter as the Worship of the King of Kings. 1958J. Sykes Quakers i. ii. 49 This is the basis of Quakerly action.
▪ II. Quakerly, adv.|ˈkweɪkəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
After the fashion of a Quaker.
1696C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 368 What Quaker, or Quakerly-Affected Council drew up this Answer for him? 1826Lamb Let. to B. Barton in Final Mem. viii. 259 Do I write quakerly and simply, 'tis my..intention to do it. 1847Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 6 If ‘you feel a stop’ (Quakerly speaking), best to let it have way. |
