Meaning of unniecely | Babel Free

Definitions

Not niecely.

Examples

“The jaded tastes of tea-sippers in London and in every other place⟳ where the name⟳ of Duke of Westminster conjures up visions of stately baronial halls received a fillip when the duke announced he was bringing a suit⟳ for libel against his own⟳ niece, Lady Sibell Lygon, a magazine writer. The duke, it appeared, took grave exception to what he regarded as unniecely remarks concerning him personally in Lady Sibell’s writing.”

“Lucas’s first instinct was to give⟳ her a hug and assure her that everything was all right. But with Julie thinking definitely unniecely thoughts about him, he didn’t dare embrace her.”

“It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have⟳ thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see⟳ it. But its briefness wasn’t the whole story. In that scant second that his lips claimed hers, Stacey felt herself suffused with warmth as a most unniecely heat flooded her body.”

“Still, she knew it was not merely unladylike but also unniecely to begrudge her beloved aunt the happiness of her Lester.”

“"You know⟳, 'Uncle' is just a term of endearment. We are not really related. And I didn't come⟳ all the way from Moskva just for the government." She pulled my face⟳ down against hers, and gave me a distinctly un[-]niecely kiss.”

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