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unsisterliness

unsisterliness noun: the state or quality of being unsisterly.

Noun

unsisterliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being unsisterly.
    • Don’t let me be surprised at your seeming unsisterliness, Bella. I hope it is but seeming. There can be no wit in such jesting as this.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    • Never did four walls look down upon an uglier spectacle than these sisters rivalling in unsisterliness.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, Chapter IV. Legends

Origin of unsisterliness

From unsisterly + -ness.

Questions about unsisterliness

What does unsisterliness mean?
Unsisterliness means the state or quality of being unsisterly.
What part of speech is unsisterliness?
Unsisterliness is a noun.

Words near unsisterliness in the dictionary

  1. unsissy
  2. unsister
  3. unsistered
  4. unsistering
  5. unsisterlike
  6. unsisterliness
  7. unsisterly
  8. unsisters
  9. unsisting
  10. unsittable
  11. unsitting

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