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martial
Of the army, the navy, or military life; military
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  1. Of the army, the navy, or military life; military
  2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
  3. Showing a readiness or eagerness to fight; warlike
antagonistic
Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
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  1. Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
  2. Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
combative
Fond of fighting or struggling; ready or eager to fight; pugnacious
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  1. Fond of fighting or struggling; ready or eager to fight; pugnacious
  2. Eager or disposed to fight.
  3. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
warlike
Fit for, fond of, or ready for war; bellicose; martial
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  1. Fit for, fond of, or ready for war; bellicose; martial
  2. Belligerent; hostile.
  3. Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
intrepid
Resolutely courageous; fearless.
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  1. Resolutely courageous; fearless.
  2. Not afraid; bold; fearless; dauntless
heroic
Impressive in size or scope; grand:
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  1. Impressive in size or scope; grand:
  2. Like or characteristic of a hero or his deeds; strong, brave, noble, powerful, etc.
  3. Having, displaying, or characteristic of the qualities appropriate to a hero; courageous:
bold
Strong or pronounced; prominent:
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  1. Strong or pronounced; prominent:
  2. Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous:
  3. Fearless and daring; courageous:
martial
Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
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  1. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
  2. Of or suitable for war
  3. Of the army, the navy, or military life; military
military
Of or relating to war:
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  1. Of or relating to war:
  2. Performed or supported by the armed forces:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the armed forces:
Find another word for soldierly. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for soldierly, like: martial, antagonistic, combative, warlike, intrepid, heroic, bold, aggressive, fighting, militaristic and brave.

Sentence Examples

  • His features were firm and clearly cut; his figure was tall and soldierly.

  • That the emperor had an honest and soldierly satisfaction in his own well-doing is clear; but if he had had anything like the vanity of a Domitian, the senate, ever eager to outrun a ruler's taste for flattery, would never have kept within such moderate bounds.

  • Probably Wellington's failure to co-operate at Ligny had heightened the Prussian chief-of-staff's unworthy suspicions of the good faith and soldierly qualifications of the British marshal; and it was well for the allies that Blucher was able to resume command before Napoleon had time to profit from the dissensions that would probably have arisen had Gneisenau remained in control.

  • At the head of his troops, who idolized him, he was a Cromwell, adding to the zeal of a fanatic and the energy of the born leader the special military skill and trained soldierly spirit which the English commander had to gain by experience.

  • From thence they returned to Edinburgh on the 28th of March, guarded by two thousand horsemen under the command of Bothwell, who had escaped from Holyrood on the night of the murder, to raise a force on the queen's behalf with his usual soldierly promptitude.

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