unsoldierly

== English == === Alternative forms === unsouldierly (obsolete) === Etymology === From un- +‎ soldierly. === Adjective === unsoldierly (comparative more unsoldierly, superlative most unsoldierly) Not soldierly, not appropriate for a soldier. 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume 4, Observations on the Fourteenth Book, Verse 81, p. 131,[2] He does not say, to shun the Battel, for that had been unsoldierly, but he softens the Phrase, and calls it, to shun Evil: 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act V, Scene 1, p. 140,[3] [He advances with his sword as about to kill him. […] ] Maurice. What, an unarm’d man? A man that never wore a sword? A priest? It is unsoldierly! I say, ye shall not! ==== Synonyms ==== unsoldierlike === Adverb === unsoldierly (comparative more unsoldierly, superlative most unsoldierly) In a manner that is not appropriate for a soldier.