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teenagerly

teenagerly adjective: characteristic of a teenager.

Adjective

teenagerly (comparative more teenagerly, superlative most teenagerly)

  1. Characteristic of a teenager.
    • As my friends deserted our weekend movie-making for more teenagerly pastimes, I had turned to the cold, clean world of claymation and animated LEGOs.2011, Philips Patton, Angela, page 286

Forms of teenagerly

comparativemore teenagerly
superlativemost teenagerly

Origin of teenagerly

From teenager + -ly.

Questions about teenagerly

What does teenagerly mean?
Teenagerly means characteristic of a teenager.
What part of speech is teenagerly?
Teenagerly is an adjective.

Words near teenagerly in the dictionary

  1. teenagerese
  2. teenagerhood
  3. teenagerhoods
  4. teenagerish
  5. teenageritis
  6. teenagerly
  7. teenagers
  8. teenagership
  9. teenagery
  10. teenagese
  11. teenagey

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