nannylike

adj

nannylike

adj

Etymology From nanny + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a nanny.

If you are Margaret Thatcher, effortlessly radiating a kind of low-heeled, nannylike authority, or the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, resting on your laurels as a scientist, all you need do is pass muster.2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times:

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