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preacherly

preacherly adjective: befitting a preacher.

Adjective

preacherly (comparative more preacherly, superlative most preacherly)

  1. Befitting a preacher.
    • He is channeling the most narcotic form of oratory in modern America for whites as well as blacks: a preacherly style of speaking rooted in black American tradition.2008 April 27, John Mcwhorter, “Talking the Talk”, in New York Times

Forms of preacherly

comparativemore preacherly
superlativemost preacherly

Origin of preacherly

From preacher + -ly.

Questions about preacherly

What does preacherly mean?
Preacherly means befitting a preacher.
What part of speech is preacherly?
Preacherly is an adjective.

Words near preacherly in the dictionary

  1. preacherized
  2. preacherizes
  3. preacherizing
  4. preacherless
  5. preacherlike
  6. preacherly
  7. preacherman
  8. preachers
  9. preachership
  10. preacherships
  11. preaches

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