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messengerly

messengerly adjective: characteristic of a messenger.

Adjective

messengerly (comparative more messengerly, superlative most messengerly)

  1. Characteristic of a messenger.
    • I'm just the messenger. […] Not the authority on how these things are done. And I don't think I should talk about it with you before I've done my messengerly duties.2015, Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus
    • Although distressing and truly contemporary, this cellular and messengerly death presents itself to us as endowed with the same meaning as the other ones.2019, Michel Serres, Hominescence, page 4

Forms of messengerly

comparativemore messengerly
superlativemost messengerly

Origin of messengerly

From messenger + -ly.

Questions about messengerly

What does messengerly mean?
Messengerly means characteristic of a messenger.
What part of speech is messengerly?
Messengerly is an adjective.

Words near messengerly in the dictionary

  1. messenger-at-arms
  2. messengered
  3. messengerhood
  4. messengerial
  5. messengering
  6. messengerly
  7. messengers
  8. messengers of death
  9. messengers-at-arms
  10. messengership
  11. messengerships

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