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mommishly

mommishly adverb: in a mommish manner.

Adverb

mommishly (comparative more mommishly, superlative most mommishly)

  1. In a mommish manner.
    • Mostly. “Just don't go sneaking into my desk anymore,” she added mommishly before walking away.2011, Karla Oceanak, Dumbstruck, page 134
    • Harris lightly steals the show at the end, when her all-forgiving mompride has her dancing exceptionally mommishly to Rodrick’s heavy-metal band.2011 March 25, Kyle Smith, “Sweet, sick tween”, in New York Post

Forms of mommishly

comparativemore mommishly
superlativemost mommishly

Origin of mommishly

From mommish + -ly.

Questions about mommishly

What does mommishly mean?
Mommishly means in a mommish manner.
What part of speech is mommishly?
Mommishly is an adverb.

Words near mommishly in the dictionary

  1. mommies
  2. mommiest
  3. momminess
  4. momming
  5. mommish
  6. mommishly
  7. mommishness
  8. mommock
  9. mommocked
  10. mommocking
  11. mommocks

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