Squirely a.

[f. as prec. + -LY¹.] Of, belonging or relating to, a squire or the squirearchy; befitting a squire.

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1612. Shelton, Quix., I. I. iv. One very fit for this purpose, and Squirely function, belonging to Knighthood. Ibid. (1620), II. II. xxviii. 188. Thou Preuaricator of the Squirely Laws of Knight-Errantry.

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1834. Fraser’s Mag., X. 126. He looked on the squirely family of Mr. Scott of Harden as the head of his house.

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1850. Tait’s Mag., XVII. 423/2. Fretting at Some rural squirely squabble.

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1892. F. Greenwood, in Nat. Rev., July, 599. Estates of squirely magnitude are sought in all parts of the land.

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