Meaning of Sherlocky | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

informal

Examples

“"Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become⟳ very mysterious and private and talk⟳ enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know⟳ what on earth we were talking about."”

“My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort⟳; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart.”

“[…] We would have⟳, if you weren't such a Sherlocky snoop. I suppose⟳ you'll tell⟳ me next you found our private clubroom."”

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