a. [f. as prec. + -LY1.] Of, or of the nature of, a bachelor, bachelor-like.
1580. Sidney, Arcadia III. 237. His brother … protesting his bachelry [1598 bachelerly] intention.
1611. Cotgr., Bachelier, bachelerly.
1823. C. Westmacott, Points of Misery, 71. A set of stout bachelorly personages.
