Employerly
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Characteristic of an employer.
"1876, J. Brunton Stephens, A Hundred Pounds, Melbourne: Samuel Mullen, Chapter 7, pp. 87-88, Sandie Scott has just brought into the ferry-house a large folding-screen pasted over with a motley collection of pictures from illustrated papers. ¶ Mary Drysdale is sitting at the open window, sewing some article […] . Mary in her innocence thinks that the screen is only one of the many kind employerly attentions to which she has now grown so accustomed […]"
Example
More examples"1876, J. Brunton Stephens, A Hundred Pounds, Melbourne: Samuel Mullen, Chapter 7, pp. 87-88, Sandie Scott has just brought into the ferry-house a large folding-screen pasted over with a motley collection of pictures from illustrated papers. ¶ Mary Drysdale is sitting at the open window, sewing some article […] . Mary in her innocence thinks that the screen is only one of the many kind employerly attentions to which she has now grown so accustomed […]"
Etymology
From employer + -ly.
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