mommishly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mommish +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

mommishly (comparative more mommishly, superlative most mommishly)

  1. In a mommish manner.
    • 2011, Karla Oceanak, Dumbstruck, page 134:
      Mostly. “Just don't go sneaking into my desk anymore,” she added mommishly before walking away.
    • 2011 March 25, Kyle Smith, “Sweet, sick tween”, in New York Post:
      Harris lightly steals the show at the end, when her all-forgiving mompride has her dancing exceptionally mommishly to Rodrick’s heavy-metal band.
    • 2013, Rachel Devenish Ford, A Home as Wide as the Earth:
      As a side note, I know this is the most mommishly mommy thing ever, but I HATE glass-topped tables.
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