Meaning of unsoldierly | Babel Free

Definitions

Not soldierly, not appropriate for a soldier.

Examples

“His desertion was condemned as an unsoldierly act of cowardice.”

“For which most unsouldierly & unworthy action […] he had this insuing Judgement pronounced against him […]”

“1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume 4, Observations on the Fourteenth Book, Verse 81, p. 131, He does not say⟳, to shun the Battel, for that had been unsoldierly, but he softens the Phrase, and calls it, to shun Evil:”

“Maurice. What, an unarm’d man? A man that never wore a sword? A priest? It is unsoldierly! I say⟳, ye shall not!”

“It is a miserable story. Even Yate, who saw⟳ it happen⟳, betrays an unsoldierly sigh⟳.”

“But as soon as the man in uniform gripped his pen and started writing, a change⟳ came over him. Sweat⟳ began to pour⟳ from his hair, from his widow’s peak down on to his forehead, and from the back of his head down into his collar. […] Such unsoldierly apprehension was not encouraging.”

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