In a manner relating to David or Davidic characteristics; in a kingly or powerful way.
Formed from 'David' with adverbial suffixes '-ely' or '-ly,' creating an adverb from a proper noun—an archaic or poetic construction rarely used in modern English.
Modern English prefers to say 'in a Davidic manner' rather than using '-ly' on proper nouns, showing how English speakers gradually abandoned this older adverb-formation pattern in favor of prepositional phrases.
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