messengerly

messengerly

English

Etymology

messenger +‎ -ly

Adjective

messengerly (comparative more messengerly, superlative most messengerly)

1. Characteristic of a messenger.
   • 2015, Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus

     I'm just the messenger. […] Not the authority on how these things are done. And I don't think I should talk about it with you before I've done my messengerly duties.

   • 2019, Michel Serres, Hominescence (page 4)

     Although distressing and truly contemporary, this cellular and messengerly death presents itself to us as endowed with the same meaning as the other ones.