Uncley
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Uncley is an adjective meaning Characteristic of an uncle; avuncular.
Meaning
Characteristic of an uncle; avuncular.
More Meanings
- Familiar or endearing form of uncle
Example Sentences
I looked at him. There was nothing uncley about that look.
Paint nursery, Write regularly in Baby's Book, let aunties and unclies know.
Those events were memorable but they were memories only, misted and vague as the uncley sort of God one heard stories about in Sunday School.
In another way and this may be where I started believing this helpless character I'd imagined actually existed to the point that I wondered if he was uncley enough, if maybe I could get him and have something better than the flight plans that she wanted.
Word Forms
- uncleys
- uncly
- unclie
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unclely, auntish, auntlike, cousinly, unctious, duncely.
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