headmasterly

English

Etymology

headmaster +‎ -ly

Adjective

headmasterly (comparative more headmasterly, superlative most headmasterly)

1. In a manner befitting a headmaster.
   • 2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford:

     Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.

Hypernyms

• teacherly