unclely
adjEtymology From uncle + -ly.
1
Of, like, or characteristic of an uncle.
- As her adopted uncle, I was giving a little fatherly as well as motherly and unclely advice.1905, Anthony E. Wills, All Charley's fault:
- Related terms
- auntly
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