Soldierly

There is in the laager an utter absence of what we term soldierly discipline; men moved about, went and came in a free and easy fashion, just as I have seen them do a thousand times in diggers 'camps. ❋ A. G. Hales (N/A)

They were as brave as any men who ever carried rifles, but they were so ignorant of drill that they could not even form into column or wheel to right or left in soldierly fashion. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

He was reclining; if he had arisen he would have displayed a frame at once to be called soldierly, though spare and hardly powerful. ❋ William Stearns Davis (1903)

But I felt a kind of soldierly duty to somehow carry on in the face of hippie lassitude and hash torpor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 597 B.C., after his victory over Tsin, the King of Ts'u had, as previously narrated, declined to rear a barrow over the corpses slain, and had said: "No! the written or pictograph character for 'soldierly' is made up of two parts, one signifying 'stop,' and the other 'weapons.'" ❋ Edward Harper Parker (1887)

"I am proud and grateful that our young men and women have the kind of soldierly courage to turn a bad day for themselves into a better future for those who need their help." ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Very well, sir," -- and his tone was rough and overbearing, -- "then kindly recall your soldierly instincts to another little matter. ❋ Randall Parrish (1890)

It is with difficulty that I pronounce any soldierly title in front of his name, since his behavior was not only unprofessional, but absolutely murderous, Serwer says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Others over the years have ranged from people gilding the soldierly lily to authors purporting to have been Holocaust survivors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Abdullah, a lean young Libyan in a soldierly blue beret, knows he came to the uprising against Moammar Gaddafi one day late. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even his first wedding, in 1972, is a celebration of soldierly solidarity. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

Too bad their civilian masters don't always share the soldierly courage. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Russell Braun was properly aggressive as Valentin; his baritone had a soldierly roughness rather than lyricism, and his duel to the death with Faust was elegantly executed. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

They get accustomed to it and finally regain their soldierly attitude and, in consequence, the complaints and the restlessness quite disappear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The works director who is a colonel in the army has a fair understanding for the needs of the British POWs and as these keep up excellent soldierly discipline, he gives them very much freedom. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jonathan Beyer and Russell Braun both sing with soldierly force, and Wendy White is beautiful as Maguerite's loyal friend. ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

The RSC's ensemble also continues to grow in strength with fine performances from John Mackay as a tense, insecure Octavius and Brian Doherty as a brisk, soldierly Enobarbus. ❋ Unknown (2010)