grandmotherly
/ɡɹˈændmˌʌðɚli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or characteristic of grandmothers.
adj
Example Sentences
- "“Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice."
- "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.”"
- "Then grandmotherly, trust-inspiring 63-year-old Gertrude Pruett stopped sending out the lovely checks and it became harder and harder to get in touch with her or her son Harold."
Etymology
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 (adjectival suffix).
Inflected Forms
more grandmotherly (comparative)
most grandmotherly (superlative)