What does headmistressly mean?
Headmistressly means Befitting a headmistress..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
Sarah’s half-moon reading spectacles gave her a headmistressly air, ‘. . . eyes of blue and very nice too.[…]’
‘Now,’ said the head in her most headmistressly voice, ‘I have just had some very exciting news. This is Miss McCarthy from the Highthorn Academy. She heard Jazeera play and she was very impressed.’
Use headmistressly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Headmistressly means Befitting a headmistress..
Common synonyms include headmistressy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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