Meaning of grandsonly | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of a grandson.

Examples

“In writing to the Kaiser that he must withdraw that Kruger telegram, Grandma Victoria runs the risk of being told a conventional piece of grandsonly advice.”

“You would be disappointed if you visited some of these Yorkshire towns expecting to find every man cherishing his neighbour like a brother or loving the Departments of State with a grandsonly love.”

“Finally, let her pray that a miracle ma ybe^([sic]) vouchsafed her so that she will understand that she is no longer a fascinator and heart smasher, and that no man has any interest in her except in a grandsonly way.”

“Standpatism is the clarified quintescence^([sic]) of social sin. To desire to be as good as one’s father is a laudable ambition, but the standpatter is bitterly opposed to being any better. He is determined to carry grandfatherly virtues into a grandsonly age. This is the ideal which for centuries has held progress bound in China. The son who is only as good as his father is worse than his father, for the father practiced the virtues of his time, while the son fell behind his.”

“It’s a cinch J. P. Morgan’s talk with Wilson wasn’t all grandsonly.”

“Lodwig said he bought John a kite after a little grandsonly insistance,^([sic]) and John showed him how to put it together.”

“Thoughout Arguments within English Marxism Thompson is offered protracted grandsonly instruction in the techniques of egg-sucking.”

“The list of activities Grandpa liked better than talking didn’t include much. He could go on for hours, and did, mesmerizing his grandsonly audience night after night.”

“You remember how it used to be, once upon a time, when you sat by the side of your grandfather, a lifelong Democrat. You watched in grandsonly admiration as Gramps blessed out the TV set (“Lies!”) whenever Hubert Humphrey made a campaign promise. You could hardly wait to grow up and vote.”

“She continued, frowning, “He’s not used to being a grandfather, either. I can count the times he’s seen you on one hand, and—” “Yeah,” Alec interrupted, “and they all stunk. He needs you, Mom, but I could go home and he’d never notice.” He looked her in the eye, daring her to say otherwise. “But I want to fix that, and I can’t do it without you!” “Look, Mom, I promised I’d be ‘grandsonly,’ and I’ve tried. I helped everybody all week, and I asked him questions about dinosaurs, and holy crow! What does it take?””

“Barnes was probably worthless, in his grandsonly adoration.”

“He lives in a country where foreign movies are subtitled, and he had a grandmother who did not read all that well. Once, in an act of 'grandsonly kindness, he played a whole movie for her on his VCR, pressing the pause button every second or third frame so the old lady could slowly and laborously^([sic]) read her way through the subtitles.”

“Grandfatherly ESPN analyst Peter Gammons and grandson-ly Boston Red Sox GM Theo Espstein are putting to the test an age-old question: What horrible, horrible thing would you be willing to do to support cancer research?”

“On the whole, the evening was not very exciting and, apart from grandsonly fulminations and the resonant reading by Wollschläger, it consisted mainly of a string of reminiscences.”

“Just before I arrived, Ivor had in a grandfatherly way asked to hold my infant nephew, Christopher. He responded in a grandsonly way by vomiting on Ivor’s shirtfront.”

“One day, as I was doing my grandsonly duty, my grandpa thought it would be funny to act like he was going to push me into the septic tank. And it was funny, at least until I lost my balance. Before I knew it, I was standing knee deep in sewage.”

“Grandma makes bran muffins that taste like sawdust. I eat three. She says she’s happy I’m here. She also says she’s happy the town gives rebates to seniors for garbage disposal. She calls me a handsome young fellow, and I smile and say grandsonly things like “shucks.””

“Besides, I hadn’t been to visit my grandparents in a while, having fallen away from my grandsonly duties ever since Grandpa Hedley declared war on the county firebug.”

“My parents didn’t know what they were talking about. Grandpa had a ton of secrets. He was way cooler than they were giving him credit for. And if he couldn’t remember that part, then it was my grandsonly duty to do it for him.”

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