headmasterly

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adjective

Befitting a headmaster.

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Meanings

adjectiveheadmasterly (comparative more headmasterly, superlative most headmasterly)

comparative more headmasterly · superlative most headmasterly

  1. Befitting a headmaster.

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

    2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford

Origin

From headmaster + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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