old-maidishlyadv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃli/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-maidish adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < old-maidish adj. + -ly suffix².

In the manner of an old maid.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adverb] > in manner of old maid

old-maidishly1886

spinsterly1894

1886 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 206/1 He simply knew that Snooks was old-maidishly eager to keep his two occupations apart.

1939 B. D. Wolfe Diego Rivera iii. 31 Most of his teachers, like teachers everywhere, were dull, mediocre, pedantic, old-maidishly dictatorial.

1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 257 Miss Fenn was almost glamorous, if she wouldn't pull her hair back so old-maidishly but left it fall to her shoulders like Veronica Lake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old-maidishly
释义	old-maidishlyadv. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃli/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-maidish adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < old-maidish adj. + -ly suffix². In the manner of an old maid. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adverb] > in manner of old maid old-maidishly1886 spinsterly1894 1886 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 206/1 He simply knew that Snooks was old-maidishly eager to keep his two occupations apart. 1939 B. D. Wolfe Diego Rivera iii. 31 Most of his teachers, like teachers everywhere, were dull, mediocre, pedantic, old-maidishly dictatorial. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 257 Miss Fenn was almost glamorous, if she wouldn't pull her hair back so old-maidishly but left it fall to her shoulders like Veronica Lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1886
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