Granddaughterly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to or characteristic of a granddaughter.
"Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove a very disagreeable business to him; but we knew it would result very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal of maidenly compunction and granddaughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out[-]voted him."
Example
More examples"Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove a very disagreeable business to him; but we knew it would result very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal of maidenly compunction and granddaughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out[-]voted him."
Etymology
From granddaughter + -ly.
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