Meanings
comparative more daddishly · superlative most daddishly
- 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 1572 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 UnemployedYou 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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daddishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddishly
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