"adulty" meaning in English

See adulty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more adulty [comparative], adultier [comparative], most adulty [superlative], adultiest [superlative]
Etymology: From adult + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adult|y}} adult + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} adulty (comparative more adulty or adultier, superlative most adulty or adultiest)
  1. (informal, nonstandard) Characteristically like an adult Tags: informal, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-adulty-en-adj-acrMsNgR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

Inflected forms

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