See Also: shepherdly(dictionary)

shepherdly (iou)



shepherdly adjective. Now rare. M16.
[from SHEPHERD noun + -LY1.]
Pertaining to or befitting a shepherd; characteristic of a shepherd. Formerly also, that is a shepherd. M16.
Pastoral, rural, rustic. L16-M18.
Horace Walpole I hate the country: I am past the shepherdly age of groves and streams.