mommishly

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adverb

In a mommish manner.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbmommishly (comparative more mommishly, superlative most mommishly)

comparative more mommishly · superlative most mommishly

  1. In a mommish manner.

    Mostly. “Just don't go sneaking into my desk anymore,” she added mommishly before walking away.

    2011, Karla Oceanak, Dumbstruck, page 134
    2 more examples

    Harris lightly steals the show at the end, when her all-forgiving mompride has her dancing exceptionally mommishly to Rodrick’s heavy-metal band.

    2011 March 25, Kyle Smith, “Sweet, sick tween”, in New York Post

    As a side note, I know this is the most mommishly mommy thing ever, but I HATE glass-topped tables.

    2013, Rachel Devenish Ford, A Home as Wide as the Earth

Origin

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Chicago

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