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单词 auntly
释义

auntly

English

Etymology

From aunt + -ly.

Adjective

auntly (comparative auntlier or more auntly, superlative auntliest or most auntly)

  1. Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
    • 2001, Mary Evans, Feminism:
      The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.
    • 2012, Josh Ritter, Bright's Passage:
      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.

Adverb

auntly (comparative auntlier or more auntly, superlative auntliest or most auntly)

  1. In the manner of an aunt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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