Meaning of housemotherly | Babel Free
Definitions
Of or befitting a housemother.
Examples
“Then I arranged all my own⟳ and my roommate’s pillows in a voluptuous pile, placed so that I could see⟳ whether a silent housemotherly foot stood outside the swaying monk’s-cloth curtain that served as a door (to cut⟳ down our libidinous chitchat, the school board⟳ believed), and I put⟳ my hoard of Hersheys discreetly under a fold⟳ of the bedspread.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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