nephewish

Adjective

nephewish (comparative more nephewish, superlative most nephewish)

1. Characteristic of a nephew.
   • In the good old days no family was complete without a spinster aunt to turn to in seasons of distress and grief, measles, whooping-cough, visiting, absence of parents, or unexpected company. More than any other woman, possibly, the spinster aunt has become New.[…]As a type of auntliness she is no...1895 May 7, “The Vanishing Spinster Aunt”, in Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Mass.: The Boston Transcript Company, page 4
   • “[…]You’re sure the hell not my nephew, and—” she waggled her finger at me “—if I ever catch a nephewish look in your eye or a nephewish tone in your voice, you can start ducking your head, ’cause the nearest brick has already started toward you.”1955, Eugene Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim, page 140

   Synonyms:

   nephewly