Johnson did not greet any of his guests, but limited himself to a brief speech andthen ducked out without any handshaking or hostly palaver.
hostly in American English
(ˈhoustli)
adjective
of or proper to a host
the hostly qualities of consideration and generosity
Word origin
[1890–95; host + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cholesterol, honky-tonk, phoneme, pogey, wireless-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'hostly' in a sentence
hostly
Ahead of his arrival, at the height of hostly preparations and fretting, a truck hoves into view.