Definition
In the manner or style befitting a doctor; professional and authoritative in the way a physician would be.
Etymology
From doctor + -ly (from Old English -līc 'having the form or nature of'). The -ly suffix creates adjectives (and later adverbs) from nouns, similar to doctorlike but more archaic in usage.
Kelly Says
Though rare today, 'doctorly' shows how English had a whole system of -ly adjectives (scholarly, kingly, manly) before we settled mostly on -like for these meanings—language is always simplifying itself.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Physicians
Physicians
BNবাংলা
চিকিৎসকের
chikitsaker
CACatalà
de la medicina
de la meh-di-ci-na
CSČeština
lékařský
lekar-sky
DADansk
lægelig
lae-ge-lig
DEDeutsch
ärztlich
air-t-lich
ELΕλληνικά
ιατρικός
i-at-ri-kos
ESEspañol
médico
meh-dee-koh
FISuomi
lääketieteellinen
laaketieteellinen
FRFrançais
médical
meh-dee-kal
IDBahasa Indonesia
dokter
dokter
IGIG
onye ọrịa
on-ye or-ia
ITItaliano
medico
meh-dee-koh
KKKK
тәуелсіздік
ta-wel-si-z-dik
MRMR
वैद्यकीय
va-id-ya-kee-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
perubatan
pe-ru-ba-tan
NONorsk
legelig
le-ge-lig
PLPolski
lekarski
lek-ar-ski
PTPortuguês
médico
meh-dee-koh
RORomână
medical
meh-dee-kal
RUРусский
врачебный
vrachebnyy
SVSvenska
läkarlig
lakar-lig
SWKiswahili
daktari
dak-ta-ri
THไทย
ทางการแพทย์
tahng-gaan-paet
TRTürkçe
doktorluk
doktor-luk
UKУкраїнська
лікарський
li-kar-skyi
VITiếng Việt
yếu tố y khoa
yếu tố y khoa
ZUZU
umntwana
um-nt-wa-na