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reporterly

reporterly adjective: characteristic of a reporter.

Adjective

reporterly (comparative more reporterly, superlative most reporterly)

  1. Characteristic of a reporter.
    • Reading Mr. Shenker’s articles was like panning for gold: just beneath their calm, reporterly surface were glimmering nuggets that produced small, sweet shocks whenever they came to light.2007 June 17, Margalit Fox, “Israel Shenker, 82, a Reporter With the Instincts of a Scholar, Dies”, in New York Times

Forms of reporterly

comparativemore reporterly
superlativemost reporterly

Origin of reporterly

From reporter + -ly.

Questions about reporterly

What does reporterly mean?
Reporterly means characteristic of a reporter.
What part of speech is reporterly?
Reporterly is an adjective.

Words near reporterly in the dictionary

  1. reporter's note
  2. reporter's notes
  3. reporteress
  4. reporteresses
  5. reporterism
  6. reporterly
  7. reporters
  8. reportership
  9. reporterships
  10. reportest
  11. reporteth

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