daddishly

adv

daddishly

adv

Etymology From daddish + -ly.

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In a daddish manner.

  • 'I don't believe I've met this young man,' he said, daddishly.2007, Mardi McConnochie, Melissa, Queen of Evil, page 157:
  • You can usually tell an undercover cop by their woefully inadequate attempts to do party behaviour', i.e. standing in the corner with a Corona bopping daddishly to the Wu-Tang Clan, and randomly sticking both hands in the air and shouting, 'Woo, yeah, great pardeee!'2012, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Fresh Meat: The Essential Guide for New Undergraduatesthe Future Unemployed:
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  • You scanned the party daddishly, as if everyone in the room bore some responsibility.2017, Stefan Merrill Block, Oliver Loving, →ISBN:

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