auntishly
auntishly adverb: in an auntish manner.
Adverb
auntishly (comparative more auntishly, superlative most auntishly)
- In an auntish manner.
- Besides, my matronly character, years, &c. entitle me to treat you if not maternally, a little auntishly.1802 June 26, Anne Grant, “Letter XXXIV. To Miss Dunbar, Boath.”, in Letters from the Mountains; Being the Real Correspondence of a Lady, Between the Years 1773 and 1807, 2nd edition, volume III...
- “[…] I saw a girl buying chops in a butcher’s while I was waiting and I thought Eric ought to paint her. He’d go mad at sight of her. She had everything a painter wants.” […] “What do you mean by everything?” she auntishly asked, becoming aware of what Val had said about a girl buying chops. “Raw...[1957], Rhys Davies, chapter 5, in The Perishable Quality, Melbourne, Vic.; London; Toronto, Ont.: Heinemann, page 124
Examples of auntishly in a sentence
- She had everything a painter wants.” […] “What do you mean by everything?” she auntishly asked, becoming aware of what Val had said about a girl buying chops.[1957], Rhys Davies, chapter 5, in The Perishable Quality, Melbourne, Vic.; London; Toronto, Ont.: Heinemann, page 124:
- Whatever Mother and Father, and Aunt Rosa Bona auntishly doting and chirruping under her platter of feathers, may believe, I have never really seen their faces.1963, Hal Porter, The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony: An Australian Autobiography, London: Faber and Faber, […], page 32:
- There were French and German horses among the entries and a great many foreign visitors – ‘quite a babel of tongues on the roof of the grandstand’ clucked The Times rather auntishly.1968, Ivor Herbert, Patricia Smyly, “The Lamb”, in The Winter Kings, Pelham Books, published 1969, →ISBN, page 26:
- I need that assurance, will she ruffle self’s curls and smile auntishly, or will her caress mean something?1969, Walter Harris, Clovis, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 22:
Forms of auntishly
| comparative | more auntishly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most auntishly |
Origin of auntishly
From auntish + -ly.
Questions about auntishly
- What does auntishly mean?
- Auntishly means in an auntish manner.
- How do you use auntishly in a sentence?
- She had everything a painter wants.” […] “What do you mean by everything?” she auntishly asked, becoming aware of what Val had said about a girl buying chops.
- What part of speech is auntishly?
- Auntishly is an adverb.
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