Chieftainly

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting a chieftain.

    "But anyway, if healthy minds in healthy bodies was a New England requirement then, at least chieftainly Hawaiians, though frequently corpulent, were impressively fit."

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"But anyway, if healthy minds in healthy bodies was a New England requirement then, at least chieftainly Hawaiians, though frequently corpulent, were impressively fit."

Etymology

From chieftain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of captainly.

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