grandmotherly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In the manner of a grandmother.
    — “Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice.
  2. Having the characteristics of a grandmother.
    — One of the maids introduced me to Miss Clifford, the housekeeper, a grandmotherly yet somehow youthful woman who offered me a cup of tea I was too nervous to accept. She gave it to me anyway, calling me “love.”

词形变化

more grandmotherly comparative most grandmotherly superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
grandmotherliness ungrandmotherly

词源

Etymology tree
English grandmother
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English grandmotherly
From grandmother + -ly.
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