managerly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, befitting, or belonging to a manager; managerial.
Example Sentences
- "Again came the racking labor pains. Projector Mansfield commuted between his managerly duties in Billerica and his brewing prospects in Maine."
- "Is Alex still such a Tartar, or has he settled down to doing proper station managerly things like courting potential donors?"
- "Her boss just wanted something that he could tear up so he could feel important and managerly."
Etymology
From manager + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more managerly (comparative)
most managerly (superlative)