employerly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of an employer.
Example Sentences
- "1876, J. Brunton Stephens, A Hundred Pounds, Melbourne: Samuel Mullen, Chapter 7, pp. 87-88, Sandie Scott has just brought into the ferry-house a large folding-screen pasted over with a motley collection of pictures from illustrated papers. ¶ Mary Drysdale is sitting at the open window, sewing some article […] . Mary in her innocence thinks that the screen is only one of the many kind employerly attentions to which she has now grown so accustomed […]"
- "He was exceedingly courteous to me in the office—quite in the employerly way."
- "The reaction of the Faculty Salary Committee to any such argument can be imagined. For that matter, any “normal, healthy” person’s reaction can be imagined, to that employerly solicitude for “freedom” that keeps wages conveniently low."
- "“Okay, you can draw monsters. What about cars? Buildings?” he asked, faking an employerly monotone, trying to conceal his excitement."
Etymology
From employer + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more employerly (comparative)
most employerly (superlative)