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nannylike

nannylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a nanny.

Adjective

nannylike (comparative more nannylike, superlative most nannylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nanny.
    • If you are Margaret Thatcher, effortlessly radiating a kind of low-heeled, nannylike authority, or the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, resting on your laurels as a scientist, all you need do is pass muster.2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times

Forms of nannylike

comparativemore nannylike
superlativemost nannylike

Origin of nannylike

From nanny + -like.

Questions about nannylike

What does nannylike mean?
Nannylike means resembling or characteristic of a nanny.
What part of speech is nannylike?
Nannylike is an adjective.

Words near nannylike in the dictionary

  1. nannygoats
  2. nannying
  3. nannyish
  4. nannyism
  5. nannyless
  6. nannylike
  7. nano
  8. nano mask
  9. nano masks
  10. nano-
  11. nano-amp

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