Meaning of un-auntly | Babel Free

Definitions

Not auntly.

Examples

“I vowed I’d take⟳ no responsibility for either of them, and as they didn’t seem to mind⟳ such un-auntly callousness, we got on well together and laughed our way across the Atlantic.”

“Her petulant sister and the logy Luella never dreamed that Aunt Crete desired such un-auntly indulgences.”

“Pronouncing Mrs. L. B. Parker’s conduct as “un-auntly,” Municipal Judge⟳ Hale this morning held her to the Grand Jury on $500 bond on a charge of embezzlement, preferred by her niece, Miss⟳ May Lindsley, a clerk in the Kress Department store, to whom Mrs. Parker refused to return⟳ clothing belonging to the young woman, on the contention that she had not paid her board⟳ bill.[…]His Honor and counsel for the defense of the “un-auntly” engaged in an argument over the proper disposal of the case and the rendition of the verdict, Judge⟳ Hale holding that the proper thing to do was to return⟳ the clothing and forget⟳ the whole affair.”

“Humor is intended in the scenes where men make⟳ love⟳ to "her", and where "she" conducts herself in such an un-auntly way as to embarrass any respectable young man.”

“Barbara thought, Oh Dick, Dick—then burst⟳ into helpless, uncontrollable laughter, laughed as she had not laughed for an eternity of time, laughed uproariously with an entirely unladylike and un-auntly abandon, laughed so that she had to hold⟳ on to the sides of her chair.”

“Her muskily-scented, un-auntly kiss-kiss was lingering and pressingly close⟳, edging off his cheeks and onto the corners of his lips.”

“Something happened to Quinn’s heart when he imagined Nicole, orphaned and sent off to live⟳ with a relative who had the un-auntly name⟳ of Freddie.”

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