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headmasterly

headmasterly adjective: befitting a headmaster.

Adjective

headmasterly (comparative more headmasterly, superlative most headmasterly)

  1. Befitting a headmaster.
    • Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford

Forms of headmasterly

comparativemore headmasterly
superlativemost headmasterly

Origin of headmasterly

From headmaster + -ly.

Questions about headmasterly

What does headmasterly mean?
Headmasterly means befitting a headmaster.
What part of speech is headmasterly?
Headmasterly is an adjective.

Words near headmasterly in the dictionary

  1. headmanship
  2. headmanships
  3. headmark
  4. headmarks
  5. headmaster
  6. headmasterly
  7. headmasters
  8. headmastership
  9. headmasterships
  10. headmate
  11. headmates

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