big-brotherliness
big-brotherliness noun: big-brotherly behavior.
Noun
big-brotherliness (uncountable)
- Big-brotherly behavior.
- “No—not on that one!” he objected, with that little air of big-brotherliness which Katherine always loved to see.1901, Anna Fuller, Katherine Day, page 602
- We need only pay attention to the junior, enter truly into some bit of his life to hold his allegiance, and keep his interests on our side. It is not from lack of religious ceremony, but from lack of genuine big-brotherliness that juniors are lost.1918, Anglican Theological Review, page 144
- Synonyms:
- big-brotherism / big brotherism
Examples of big-brotherliness in a sentence
- Only the intonation in his voice, his whole manner, his diffident fatherliness, or at least big-brotherliness, had indicated, with the most rigorous precision, a very young person: [...]1936, The American Mercury, page 464:
- Early, he showed a non-condescending big-brotherliness towards his companion priests of the Missouri Mission.1968, Better the Dream, page 31:
Synonyms of big-brotherliness
- big-brotherism / big brotherism
Origin of big-brotherliness
From big-brotherly + -ness.
Questions about big-brotherliness
- What does big-brotherliness mean?
- Big-brotherliness means big-brotherly behavior.
- How do you use big-brotherliness in a sentence?
- Only the intonation in his voice, his whole manner, his diffident fatherliness, or at least big-brotherliness, had indicated, with the most rigorous precision, a very young person: [...]
- What part of speech is big-brotherliness?
- Big-brotherliness is a noun.
Words near big-brotherliness in the dictionary
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