Headmistressly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting a headmistress.

    "They’d split a salad and even that they’d be careful not to finish: “We’ll each leave a leaf,” Edwige would whisper, tucking in her chin in a headmistressly way and looking at her friend over the tops of nonexistent glasses."

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"They’d split a salad and even that they’d be careful not to finish: “We’ll each leave a leaf,” Edwige would whisper, tucking in her chin in a headmistressly way and looking at her friend over the tops of nonexistent glasses."

Etymology

From headmistress + -ly.

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