Nunly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Like a nun; nunlike.
"She pushes towards the king, and for a second he sees him through her eyes: a blur of red-gold and flushed skin, a ready, priapic body, a hand like a ham that stretches out to take her by her nunly elbow."
Example
More examples"She pushes towards the king, and for a second he sees him through her eyes: a blur of red-gold and flushed skin, a ready, priapic body, a hand like a ham that stretches out to take her by her nunly elbow."
Etymology
From nun + -ly.
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