ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Grandmaternal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Grandmaternal is an adjective meaning of or relating to a grandmother.

Meaning

of or relating to a grandmother.

Example Sentences

Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grandparental, grandpaternal, granddaughterly, aval, grandfilial, grandsonly.

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