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Meaning of "schoolmasterly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOLMASTERLY

schoolmasterly  [ˈskuːlˌmɑːstəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOLMASTERLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Schoolmasterly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCHOOLMASTERLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of schoolmasterly in the English dictionary

The definition of schoolmasterly in the dictionary is if you describe someone as schoolmasterly, you mean that they have similar qualities to an old-fashioned teacher, for example authoritativeness or strictness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOOLMASTERLY


asystole
əˈsɪstəlɪ
coastally
ˈkəʊstəlɪ
costally
ˈkɒstəlɪ
diastole
daɪˈæstəlɪ
distally
ˈdɪstəlɪ
easterly
ˈiːstəlɪ
extrasystole
ˌɛkstrəˈsɪstəlɪ
headmasterly
ˌhɛdˈmæstəlɪ
masterliness
ˈmɑːstəlɪ
masterly
ˈmɑːstəlɪ
north-northeasterly
ˌnɔːθˌnɔːθˈiːstəlɪ
northeasterly
ˌnɔːθˈiːstəlɪ
northwesterly
ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəlɪ
postally
ˈpəʊstəlɪ
sinisterly
ˈsɪnɪstəlɪ
sisterly
ˈsɪstəlɪ
southeasterly
ˌsaʊθˈiːstəlɪ
southwesterly
ˌsaʊθˈwɛstəlɪ
systole
ˈsɪstəlɪ
westerly
ˈwɛstəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOLMASTERLY

schooligan
schooling
schoolmaid
schoolman
schoolmarm
schoolmarmish
schoolmaster
schoolmastering
schoolmasterish
schoolmastership
schoolmate
schoolmen
schoolmistress
schoolmistressy
schoolroom
Schools
schools inspector
schools medical officer
schoolteacher

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOLMASTERLY

biquarterly
bitterly
clouterly
daughterly
elderly
formerly
latterly
northerly
overly
painterly
porterly
properly
quarterly
souterly
spinsterly
unsisterly
utterly
whoremasterly
winterly
writerly

Synonyms and antonyms of schoolmasterly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «schoolmasterly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOLMASTERLY

Find out the translation of schoolmasterly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of schoolmasterly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «schoolmasterly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

schoolmasterly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maestro de escuela
570 millions of speakers

English

schoolmasterly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

schoolmasterly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

schoolmasterly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

schoolmasterly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

schoolmasterly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

schoolmasterly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

schoolmasterly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guru sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schul
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

schoolmasterly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

schoolmasterly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

schoolmasterly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

schoolmasterly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाळामास्तराने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

schoolmasterly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schoolmasterly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

schoolmasterly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

schoolmasterly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schoolmasterly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

schoolmasterly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schoolmasterly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

schoolmasterly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

schoolmasterly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of schoolmasterly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLMASTERLY»

The term «schoolmasterly» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLMASTERLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «schoolmasterly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «schoolmasterly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about schoolmasterly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOLMASTERLY»

Discover the use of schoolmasterly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to schoolmasterly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Democratic Intellect: Scotland and Her Universities in ...
Blackie's objection to representatives of the Ruddiman tradition like Melvin and Pillans was thus that they never rose from the elementary to the sophisticated or liberal, and abrogated the Professorial role in favour of the schoolmasterly role.
George Elder Davie, 1999
2
The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine
... Muses were officially licensed to be profligates. Fine old gentlemanly Shirley had given up the schoolmasterly birch misfortune had compelled him to wield ; and he, with Otway the sad, Congreve the witty, and Wycherly the indecent — along ...
‎1864
3
The Orthodox Evangelist: Or, A Treatise Wherein Many Great ...
Moral, Cereznonial , judicial : And answerabiy z hadathreesold Paedag'ogical, or Schoolmasterly Discipline, , leadingthe soulnnto Christ: The Moral Law by its accidental direction, as sickness Occasionethsius to seek afterthe: Physician.
John Cotton, 1657
4
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
Now one of today's leading experts on the language, David Crystal, has reassessed Fowler's contribution in this fascinating new edition.
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
5
Scenes of Instruction in Renaissance Romance
With his schoolmasterly friend gone, it is not long before the sensible redirection of his passions from Camilla to Frances fits him into the waiting scheme of multiple marriages. Euphues needs only to be cleared out of the way, it seems, for the ...
Jeff Dolven, 2008
6
Unpublished Writings from the Period of Unfashionable ...
He is no artist. He is a schoolmaster. He displays the schoolmasterly type of cultivation typical of our bourgeoisie. This confession is a transgression of his limitations: the scholar 10 perished by trying to appear to be a philosopher. And yet he is ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 1999
7
Summa Musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
The union of verse and prose in the Summa musice is a schoolmasterly touch. ' We often speak twice on the same subject', says Quintilian in his Institutio oratoria , recommending to schoolmasters that they should set their pupils the task of ...
Christopher Page, 2007
8
The orthodox evangelist
This Schoolmasterly Discipline of the Ceremonial, and Judicial Law, is ceased with the Laws themselves: but that of the Moral Law still remains by convincing of sin, denouncing of the curse, making us to despair in respect of our selves, and ...
John Norton, 1654
9
Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, ...
The first is the 'schoolmasterly' defence that 'stand' does 'not mean stand but merely be'. The second 'conceivable academic defence' is 'that we are swept along by the grand majestic flow, the Miltonic music'. Ricks thinks that both defences ...
Assistant Professor Department of English John Leonard, John Leonard, 2012
10
Music in the Early Twentieth Century: The Oxford History of ...
abstracted and broken down in extraordinarily schoolmasterly fashion into its rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dimensions. Any seeming paradox or contradiction is dispelled when one considers the nature of the truth that Messiaen designed ...
Richard Taruskin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOLMASTERLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term schoolmasterly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fear grips Barclays. The unspoken requirement of bankers in their 20s
Ousted FCA chief Martin Wheatley had a habit of taking on a “schoolmasterly” tone when he was speaking to bank bosses, regardless of their history. (Sunday ... «eFinancialCareers, Jul 15»
2
Why did Barclays sack 'Saint' Antony?
His schoolmasterly approach was far from universally popular, but it certainly helped to rehabilitate one the UK's largest employers at a time when, reeling from ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
3
The democratic right to cry 'enough'
The schoolmasterly reprimands have come from people who know what they are talking about: they are people who imposed treaties their electorates had voted ... «Le Monde Diplomatique, Feb 15»
4
Greece Under German Pressure
The schoolmasterly reprimands have come from people who know what they are talking about: they are people who imposed treaties their electorates had voted ... «CounterPunch, Feb 15»
5
Sacred Rivers, BBC2
Wonders of the Monsoon (see Sunday) has plummy narration, part schoolmasterly, part well-elocuted thespian while Sacred Rivers (9pm) is presented in ... «Financial Times, Oct 14»
6
This device could revolutionize childbirth. It was created by a car …
Wearing a striped shirt and metal-rimmed reading glasses, he gives off a schoolmasterly air as he arranges the papers in front of him. It's hard to believe that ... «GlobalPost, Apr 14»
7
Review and Set List: Peter Frampton @ Roundhouse, London
Looking rather more schoolmasterly that the fluffy-haired superstar of Frampton Comes Alive he had the crowd singing along to the hits and completely into the ... «VVN Music, Nov 13»
8
Why the world isn't running out of oil
Americans didn't appreciate the apocalyptic message, still less his vision for tackling the situation, with its rather schoolmasterly demand for a collective show of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 13»
9
England Rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster: "I don't pick cynical …
Does he often have to go into schoolmasterly mode? “Erm… I think there were times… I wouldn't describe it as schoolmasterly, but there are different teaching ... «Radio Times, Feb 13»
10
Roy Keane: Comedy Genius
And if seriousness is Keane's aspect, then a peculiar kind of schoolmasterly discipline is the result. His contempt for the cosseted ways of modern footballers is ... «SB Nation, Feb 12»

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