Mary Poppinsy
Mary Poppinsy adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Mary Poppins book series and its adaptations or their eponymous protagonist, a magical English nanny.
Adjective
Mary Poppinsy (comparative more Mary Poppinsy, superlative most Mary Poppinsy)
- Resembling or characteristic of the Mary Poppins book series and its adaptations or their eponymous protagonist, a magical English nanny.
- “Look, it’s really very simple. What I want, what the team wants, is the moral and financial support of the public. If we want that support, then we have to act like the public wants us to act. And what the public wants is something to point to, so that parents can tell their kids, ‘Why don’t you...1967 November, John Henry Auran, “Canada Loves Nancy Greene”, in Skiing, volume 20, number 2, page 96
- Robert Stigwood’s “Times Square” was, hands down, the pits, not only tasteless but loathsome for it’s^([sic]) Mary Poppinsy misrepresentation of the sleazy 42nd Street strip.1980 December 28, Alex Keneas, “In film, the best and the brightest”, in Newsday, part II, page 5
- Synonyms:
- Mary Poppins-esque
Examples of Mary Poppinsy in a sentence
- There are also more structured bags like tweed that is a bit Mary Poppinsy.1998 February 24, Belinda Gunn, “Handbags”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 50,071, section “Good Looks”, page 10:
- ‘Absolutely,’ I said as we strolled up the overtly wide, overtly leafy and generally a bit too Mary Poppinsy avenue.2001, Richard Asplin, T-Shirt and Genes, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 297:
- If you take a closer look at the song, there's really nothing Mary Poppinsy about it at all.2006 August 7, maxims, “AOQ Review 6-6: "Once More, With Feeling"”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
Synonyms of Mary Poppinsy
Forms of Mary Poppinsy
| comparative | more Mary Poppinsy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Mary Poppinsy |
| alternative form | Mary Poppins-y |
Origin of Mary Poppinsy
From Mary Poppins + -y.
Questions about Mary Poppinsy
- What does Mary Poppinsy mean?
- Mary Poppinsy means resembling or characteristic of the Mary Poppins book series and its adaptations or their eponymous protagonist, a magical English nanny.
- How do you use Mary Poppinsy in a sentence?
- There are also more structured bags like tweed that is a bit Mary Poppinsy.
- What part of speech is Mary Poppinsy?
- Mary Poppinsy is an adjective.
Words near Mary Poppinsy in the dictionary
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