auntly

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Definition of auntly

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.

“It was late, very late, when finally she climbed into the great bed after having received an auntly kiss.”
“The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.”
“He watched the auntly lady twist the ends of the diaper so that the whole assemblage seemed to wrap itself around his boy like magic.”

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adj

Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.

“It was late, very late, when finally she climbed into the great bed after having received an auntly kiss.”
“The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.”
“He watched the auntly lady twist the ends of the diaper so that the whole assemblage seemed to wrap itself around his boy like magic.”

adv

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From aunt + -ly.

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