Un-auntly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not auntly.

    "I vowed I’d take no responsibility for either of them, and as they didn’t seem to mind such un-auntly callousness, we got on well together and laughed our way across the Atlantic."

Example

More examples

"I vowed I’d take no responsibility for either of them, and as they didn’t seem to mind such un-auntly callousness, we got on well together and laughed our way across the Atlantic."

Etymology

From un- + auntly.

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