unpolicemanly

unpolicemanly

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ policemanly.

Adjective

unpolicemanly (comparative more unpolicemanly, superlative most unpolicemanly)

1. Unbefitting or uncharacteristic of a policeman
   • 2007, Robert Barnard, A Fall from Grace: A Novel of Suspense (page 109)

     He was being unpolicemanly. “I can't believe he'd commit suicide. And why should it be an accident? He was perfectly steady on his pins.”