ungrandfatherly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not grandfatherly.
Example Sentences
- "She took the little ones to the home of her husband’s father, and he, with somewhat ungrandfatherly promptitude, transplanted them to the infirmary."
- "“A very good letter, isn’t it?” asked Sacheverel, as Burke handed it back to him. “Very. Rather ungrandfatherly, eh?” “Can you imagine any one being the conventional grandfather to Pam? I am hard put to it, very often, to be simply paternal.”"
- "But when she took Roy’s return call (collect), she was shocked by the ungrandfatherly voice on the other end."
- "Anne watched as he put an arm around one of the bridesmaids and gave her a decidedly ungrandfatherly squeeze while attempting to look down her dress, then proceeded to hit on the mother of the groom."
Etymology
From un- + grandfatherly.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more ungrandfatherly (comparative)
most ungrandfatherly (superlative)