Meaning of momliness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being momly.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“Cleanliness is next to momliness”

““The recipes are chosen not only for taste⟳, but for their ‘momliness,’ a quality they say⟳ they can’t define⟳, but everybody knows what it is — usually reflected in a favorite saying that they put⟳ on the page with the dates,” Dianne [Shiner] wrote in a letter to The Montana Standard.”

“But she’s always been a bit of a devil, beneath her momliness.”

“Normally, I ached for the everyday things that had changed since Mom left—[…]. But as I stormed away from Zooey, I couldn’t stop⟳ myself from feeling rotten because she was going to miss⟳ the special Momliness that should have⟳ come⟳ along with this.”

“[Hillary] Clinton, ever the adult in the room, may be doomed by her own⟳ sober “momliness.””

“Having already raised four of her own⟳ children that had grown, she’d shared her momliness with Haley, Ryder, and him.”

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