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employerly

employerly adjective: characteristic of an employer.

Adjective

employerly (comparative more employerly, superlative most employerly)

  1. Characteristic of an employer.
    • Sandie Scott has just brought into the ferry-house a large folding-screen pasted over with a motley collection of pictures from illustrated papers. ¶ Mary Drysdale is sitting at the open window, sewing some article […] . Mary in her innocence thinks that the screen is only one of the many kind...1876, J. Brunton Stephens, A Hundred Pounds, Melbourne: Samuel Mullen, Chapter 7, pp. 87-88
    • He was exceedingly courteous to me in the office—quite in the employerly way.1915, Virginia Brooks, chapter 20, in My Battles with Vice, New York: Macaulay, page 189

Examples of employerly in a sentence

  • For that matter, any “normal, healthy” person’s reaction can be imagined, to that employerly solicitude for “freedom” that keeps wages conveniently low.1982, Lisa Newton, “Inducement, Due and Otherwise”, in Thomas A. Mappes, Jane S. Zembaty, editors, Biomedical Ethics, 2nd edition...
  • Buildings?” he asked, faking an employerly monotone, trying to conceal his excitement.2000, Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, New York: Random House, Part 2, p. 70:

Forms of employerly

comparativemore employerly
superlativemost employerly

Origin of employerly

From employer + -ly.

Questions about employerly

What does employerly mean?
Employerly means characteristic of an employer.
How do you use employerly in a sentence?
For that matter, any “normal, healthy” person’s reaction can be imagined, to that employerly solicitude for “freedom” that keeps wages conveniently low.
What part of speech is employerly?
Employerly is an adjective.

Words near employerly in the dictionary

  1. employee handbook
  2. employee handbooks
  3. employeeless
  4. employees
  5. employer
  6. employerly
  7. employers
  8. employers' association
  9. employers' associations
  10. employers' organization
  11. employers' organizations

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