auntly
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4ADJ.
received, watched
VERB + AUNTLY
having
AUNTLY + NOUN
lady, terms
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
It was late, very late, when finally she climbed into the great bed after having received an auntly kiss.
The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.
adv
In the manner of an aunt.
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3It was late, very late, when finally she climbed into the great bed after having received an auntly kiss.
WiktionaryThe legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.
WiktionaryHe watched the auntly lady twist the ends of the diaper so that the whole assemblage seemed to wrap itself around his boy like magic.
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