daddishly

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adverb

In a daddish manner.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverbdaddishly (comparative more daddishly, superlative most daddishly)

comparative more daddishly · superlative most daddishly

  1. In a daddish manner.

    'I don't believe I've met this young man,' he said, daddishly.

    2007, Mardi McConnochie, Melissa, Queen of Evil, page 157
    2 more examples

    You can usually tell an undercover cop by their woefully inadequate attempts to do party behaviour', i.e. standing in the corner with a Corona bopping daddishly to the Wu-Tang Clan, and randomly sticking both hands in the air and shouting, 'Woo, yeah, great pardeee!'

    2012, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Fresh Meat: The Essential Guide for New Undergraduatesthe Future Unemployed

    You scanned the party daddishly, as if everyone in the room bore some responsibility.

    2017, Stefan Merrill Block, Oliver Loving, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

daddishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddishly

MLA

“daddishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddishly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daddishly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddishly.

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