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grand-daughterly

grand-daughterly is the alternative form of granddaughterly.

Meaning of granddaughterly

Adjective

granddaughterly (comparative more granddaughterly, superlative most granddaughterly)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of a granddaughter.
    • Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove a very disagreeable business to him; but we knew it would result very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal of maidenly compunction and granddaughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out[-]voted him.1868, Edward E[verett] Hale, If, Yes, and Perhaps. Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations, with Some Bits of Fact., Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, page 81

Forms of grand-daughterly

comparativemore grand-daughterly
superlativemost grand-daughterly

Questions about grand-daughterly

What is grand-daughterly the alternative form of?
Grand-daughterly is the alternative form of granddaughterly.

Words near grand-daughterly in the dictionary

  1. grand-children
  2. grand-daddies
  3. grand-daddiest
  4. grand-daddy
  5. grand-daughter
  6. grand-daughterly
  7. grand-daughters
  8. grand-duc
  9. grand-ducal
  10. grand-duke
  11. grand-dukes

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