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granddaughterly

granddaughterly adjective: relating to or characteristic of a granddaughter.

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
    • Mabel had gone (it was a small service of granddaughterly duty, that had from long habit become an institution at Castle Roy) to her grandfather’s sanctum, with a cup of the beverage he loved, namely, a half cupful of weak green tea, filled to the brim with clotted cream.1871, [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun], chapter XXIX, in Wide of the Mark, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, page 269

Forms of granddaughterly

comparativemore granddaughterly
superlativemost granddaughterly
alternative formgrand-daughterly

Origin of granddaughterly

From granddaughter + -ly.

Questions about granddaughterly

What does granddaughterly mean?
Granddaughterly means relating to or characteristic of a granddaughter.
What part of speech is granddaughterly?
Granddaughterly is an adjective.

Words near granddaughterly in the dictionary

  1. granddads
  2. granddam
  3. granddams
  4. granddaughter
  5. granddaughter-in-law
  6. granddaughterly
  7. granddaughters
  8. granddaughters-in-law
  9. granddog
  10. granddogs
  11. grandducal

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