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employerly

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of an employer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1876, J. Brunton Stephens, A Hundred Pounds, Melbourne: Samuel Mullen, Chapter 7, pp. 87-88, Sandie Scott has just brought into the ferry-house a large folding-screen pasted over with a motley collection of pictures from illustrated papers. ¶ Mary Drysdale is sitting at the open window, sewing some article [...] . Mary in her innocence thinks that the screen is only one of the many kind employerly attentions to which she has now grown so accustomed [...]

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From employer + -ly.