uncley

comparative more uncley · superlative most uncley

1. Characteristic of an uncle; avuncular

   I looked at him. There was nothing uncley about that look.

   1969, Stanley Dehlet Mayer, Fantasy, volumes 6-7

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   Those events were memorable but they were memories only, misted and vague as the uncley sort of God one heard stories about in Sunday School.

   1946, Cyril Connolly, Horizon, volumes 13-14, page 42

   In another way and this may be where I started believing this helpless character I'd imagined actually existed to the point that I wondered if he was uncley enough, if maybe I could get him and have something better than the flight plans that she wanted.

   2015, Catherine Therese, The Weight of Silence

plural uncleys · alternative uncly · alternative unclie

1. endearingfamiliarFamiliar or endearing form of uncle

   Paint nursery, Write regularly in Baby's Book, let aunties and unclies know.

   2015, Murray W. Nabors, The Adventures of Terrence the Tabby Cat