Quakerly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to Quakers.

    "I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion."

  2. 2
    Befitting a Quaker.

    "Those pretty curls were not Quakerly."

Example

More examples

"I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion."

Etymology

From Quaker + -ly.

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