auntly

English

Etymology

From aunt +‎ -ly.

Adjective

auntly (comparative auntlier or more auntly, superlative auntliest or most auntly)

  1. Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
    • 1928, Nella Larsen, “13”, in Quicksand, page 159:
      It was late, very late, when finally she climbed into the great bed after having received an auntly kiss.
    • 2001, Mary Evans, Feminism:
      The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.
    • 2012, Josh Ritter, Bright's Passage:
      He watched the auntly lady twist the ends of the diaper so that the whole assemblage seemed to wrap itself around his boy like magic.

Derived terms

Adverb

auntly (comparative auntlier or more auntly, superlative auntliest or most auntly)

  1. In the manner of an aunt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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