Unclish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unclish is an adjective meaning Pertaining to an uncle; avuncular.
Meaning
Pertaining to an uncle; avuncular.
Example Sentences
He put his naked arm around her naked shoulders, irretrievably, irritatingly unclish.
‘There are unclish men with monocles and women with skirts too tight and floppety hats and nothing to say.’
The supplementary equipment can be added as it is needed, not by the sporadic outbursts of unclish extravagance, but by well considered and slow degrees, and by means in which the child participates.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include avuncular, avunculate, avunculocal, auntly, auntyish, avital.
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