mommishly

English

Etymology

From mommish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

mommishly (comparative more mommishly, superlative most mommishly)

1. In a mommish manner.
   • 2011, Karla Oceanak, Dumbstruck, page 134:

     Mostly. “Just don't go sneaking into my desk anymore,” she added mommishly before walking away.

   • 2011 March 25, Kyle Smith, “Sweet, sick tween”, in New York Post:

     Harris lightly steals the show at the end, when her all-forgiving mompride has her dancing exceptionally mommishly to Rodrick’s heavy-metal band.

   • 2013, Rachel Devenish Ford, A Home as Wide as the Earth:

     As a side note, I know this is the most mommishly mommy thing ever, but I HATE glass-topped tables.