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daddishly

daddishly adverb: in a daddish manner.

Adverb

daddishly (comparative more daddishly, superlative most daddishly)

  1. In a daddish manner.
    • 'I don't believe I've met this young man,' he said, daddishly.2007, Mardi McConnochie, Melissa, Queen of Evil, page 157
    • You can usually tell an undercover cop by their woefully inadequate attempts to do party behaviour', i.e. standing in the corner with a Corona bopping daddishly to the Wu-Tang Clan, and randomly sticking both hands in the air and shouting, 'Woo, yeah, great pardeee!'2012, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Fresh Meat: The Essential Guide for New Undergraduatesthe Future Unemployed

Forms of daddishly

comparativemore daddishly
superlativemost daddishly

Origin of daddishly

From daddish + -ly.

Questions about daddishly

What does daddishly mean?
Daddishly means in a daddish manner.
What part of speech is daddishly?
Daddishly is an adverb.

Words near daddishly in the dictionary

  1. daddikins
  2. dadding
  3. daddio
  4. daddios
  5. daddish
  6. daddishly
  7. daddishness
  8. daddle
  9. daddled
  10. daddles
  11. daddling

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