Meaning of unclish | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to an uncle; avuncular.

Examples

“The supplementary equipment can be added as it is needed, not by the sporadic outbursts of unclish extravagance, but by well considered and slow degrees, and by means in which the child participates.”

“He put his naked arm around her naked shoulders, irretrievably, irritatingly unclish.”

“‘There are unclish men with monocles and women with skirts too tight and floppety hats and nothing to say.’”

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