unlibrarianly

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adjective

Not librarianly.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveunlibrarianly (comparative more unlibrarianly, superlative most unlibrarianly)

comparative more unlibrarianly · superlative most unlibrarianly

  1. Not librarianly.

    Her speech was as clear and carefully chosen as a librarian's, but under it ran a stream of unlibrarianly good humor.

    1994, G. B. Hummer, West of the Sun, page 335
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    Still, while Alternative Press Index includes Off Our Backs, no one indexes On Our Backs or Libido — let alone such unlibrarianly documents of current culture as Hustler and Screw.

    1996, Martha Cornog, Timothy Perper, For Sex Education, See Librarian, page 100

    It was an old joke. During our frequent fights he'd always made fun of my work, explaining afterwards that he was just kidding. I was really as unlibrarianly as anyone he knew.

    2005, Bette Anderson, Faces You Meet: Short Stories

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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