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† ˈfellowlike, a. and adv. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -like.]
A. adj. Like a fellow.
a. Like a companion or mate; on a level; on the same footing; similar. Const. with.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 63 b, To..make hym equall or felowe lyke, with kynges. 1596Bp. W. Barlow Three Serm. i. 16 These two are such felowlike companions. 1928T. Hardy Coll. Poems 5 Change and Chancefulness..wrought us fellow-like.
b. Companionable, sociable; sympathetic.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, A fellowelike man. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 79 Hee ioyned himselfe..in fellowship and fellowlike communion with him. a1633S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. i. xxxii, We sigh..and with a fellow-like feeling pity their miseries.
B. adv.
a. Like one's fellows, on the same footing or level; in like manner, similarly.
c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 113 He was named felawlyke to Bucyfal. a1569A. Kingsmill Confl. Satan (1578) 36 Hee is a felowe captive with Paul, and shall be felowelike ransomed with Paul.
b. Like a fellow, companion, or equal; sociably.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 399 He..fellow-like let his dominion slide. 1609Bible (Douay) Ecclus. xiii. 14 Stay not to speake felowlike with him. a1628F. Greville Sidney (1652) 24 He so fellow-like encompassed with them. 1678in Littleton Lat. Dict.
c. ? Like a ‘fellow’ or person of little worth.
1632Sanderson Serm. (1637) 611 Servants..that will work hard..so long as their master's eye is upon them, but when his back is turned can be content to goe on fayre and softly and fellow-like. |