Meaning

In an auntish manner..

Example Sentences

Besides, my matronly character, years, &c. entitle me to treat you if not maternally, a little auntishly.

“[…] I saw a girl buying chops in a butcher’s while I was waiting and I thought Eric ought to paint her. He’d go mad at sight of her. She had everything a painter wants.” […] “What do you mean by everything?” she auntishly asked, becoming aware of what Val had said about a girl buying chops. “Raw beauty,” he teased, “unadorned and to be adorned by the painter; myth-making face; body excavated from mythology too.[…]”

Whatever Mother and Father, and Aunt Rosa Bona auntishly doting and chirruping under her platter of feathers, may believe, I have never really seen their faces.

There were French and German horses among the entries and a great many foreign visitors – ‘quite a babel of tongues on the roof of the grandstand’ clucked The Times rather auntishly.

It was so pleasant being bossed auntishly by Truman, told when to come and see him, when to go off by ourselves, where to eat and how we were to take whirlpool mineral baths, steam and massage at the Spa Hotel.

I need that assurance, will she ruffle self’s curls and smile auntishly, or will her caress mean something?

“You’re talking to a bunch of Southern writers who really enjoyed your show this morning. It’s like sitting down in the parlor listening to my aunt tell stories,” he said. “Everyone here has been so hospitable and supportive of me,” replied Miss [Eudora] Welty, auntishly proper and polite.

Because of the interest he began to show in Pansy and the attention he gave her, Henry thought Kennedy ‘behaved terribly auntishly’ towards him.

Word Forms

• more auntishly
• most auntishly

When Should You Use Auntishly?

Use auntishly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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