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ungrandfatherly

ungrandfatherly adjective: not grandfatherly.

Adjective

ungrandfatherly (comparative more ungrandfatherly, superlative most ungrandfatherly)

  1. Not grandfatherly.
    • She took the little ones to the home of her husband’s father, and he, with somewhat ungrandfatherly promptitude, transplanted them to the infirmary.1896 June 28, “[Yesterday’s Police Cases.] Bumbledom.”, in Reynolds’s Newspaper, number 2,394, London, page 8, column 2
    • “A very good letter, isn’t it?” asked Sacheverel, as Burke handed it back to him. “Very. Rather ungrandfatherly, eh?” “Can you imagine any one being the conventional grandfather to Pam? I am hard put to it, very often, to be simply paternal.”1905, Bettina [Riddle] von Hutten, chapter V, in Pam, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, page 121

Examples of ungrandfatherly in a sentence

  • But when she took Roy’s return call (collect), she was shocked by the ungrandfatherly voice on the other end.2011, Neil Lanctot, Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 417:
  • Anne watched as he put an arm around one of the bridesmaids and gave her a decidedly ungrandfatherly squeeze while attempting to look down her dress, then proceeded to hit on the mother of the groom.2015, Sheila Roberts, A Wedding on Primrose Street, MIRA, →ISBN, page 181:

Forms of ungrandfatherly

comparativemore ungrandfatherly
superlativemost ungrandfatherly

Origin of ungrandfatherly

From un- + grandfatherly.

Questions about ungrandfatherly

What does ungrandfatherly mean?
Ungrandfatherly means not grandfatherly.
How do you use ungrandfatherly in a sentence?
But when she took Roy’s return call (collect), she was shocked by the ungrandfatherly voice on the other end.
What part of speech is ungrandfatherly?
Ungrandfatherly is an adjective.

Words near ungrandfatherly in the dictionary

  1. ungrammaticalness
  2. ungrammaticism
  3. ungrammaticisms
  4. ungrammaticized
  5. ungrand
  6. ungrandfatherly
  7. ungrandiloquent
  8. ungrandiose
  9. ungrandmotherly
  10. ungrant
  11. ungrantable

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