Meaning of granddaughterly | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of a granddaughter.

Examples

“Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove⟳ a very disagreeable business to him; but we knew it would result⟳ very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal⟳ of maidenly compunction and granddaughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out[-]voted him.”

“Mabel had gone (it was a small service of granddaughterly duty, that had from long habit become⟳ an institution at Castle Roy) to her grandfather’s sanctum, with a cup of the beverage he loved, namely, a half cupful of weak green tea, filled to the brim with clotted cream.”

“I don’t think⟳ she can really care for him, except just in a grand[-]daughterly (what a horrid word to write⟳!) sort⟳ of way.”

“But I felt I was missing something, a link⟳ to the older generation. I thought it would be nice to have⟳ an elder to talk⟳ to, someone who could lay⟳ a little life wisdom on me as I reciprocated with granddaughterly attentions.”

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