messengerly

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adjective

Characteristic of a messenger.

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Meanings

adjectivemessengerly (comparative more messengerly, superlative most messengerly)

comparative more messengerly · superlative most messengerly

  1. Characteristic of a messenger.

    Although distressing and truly contemporary, this cellular and messengerly death presents itself to us as endowed with the same meaning as the other ones.

    2019, Michel Serres, Hominescence, page 4
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    I'm just the messenger. […] Not the authority on how these things are done. And I don't think I should talk about it with you before I've done my messengerly duties.

    2015, Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus

Origin

From messenger + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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