grandmotherly
pronunciation
How to pronounce grandmotherly in British English:
UK ['grændˌmʌðəlɪ]
How to pronounce grandmotherly in American English:
US ['grændˌmʌðəlɪ]
Word Origin
- grandmotherly (adj.)
- 1811, from grandmother + -ly (1).
Example
- 1. She is in her seventies with curly white hair and a sweet grandmotherly smile .
- 2. I ask the little grandmotherly looking lady behind the counter .
- 3. But instead I shuffled into the dining room and sat at one of the long tables next to a grandmotherly woman eating from a tupperware bowl .