schoolmistressly
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From schoolmistress + -ly.
Adjective
[edit]schoolmistressly (comparative more schoolmistressly, superlative most schoolmistressly)
- Befitting a schoolmistress; in the manner or style of a schoolmistress.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 503:
- "I've told you." Rosemary's voice grew schoolmistressly sharp. "He writes every day."