"grandmotherly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From grandmother + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more grandmotherly",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most grandmotherly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 103:",
          "text": "“Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice.",
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        "In the manner of a grandmother."
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in the manner of a grandmother",
          "word": "babciny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in the manner of a grandmother",
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          "word": "babciowy"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), page 256:",
          "text": "One of the maids introduced me to Miss Clifford, the housekeeper, a grandmotherly yet somehow youthful woman who offered me a cup of tea I was too nervous to accept. She gave it to me anyway, calling me “love.”",
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        "Having the characteristics of a grandmother."
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the characteristics of a grandmother",
          "word": "babciny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the characteristics of a grandmother",
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            "colloquial"
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          "word": "babciowy"
        }
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  "word": "grandmotherly"
}

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    {
      "word": "grandfatherly"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "grandmotherliness"
    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From grandmother + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "more grandmotherly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most grandmotherly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 103:",
          "text": "“Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice.",
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        }
      ],
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        "In the manner of a grandmother."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Having the characteristics of a grandmother."
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      "sense": "in the manner of a grandmother",
      "word": "babciny"
    },
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      "sense": "in the manner of a grandmother",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the characteristics of a grandmother",
      "word": "babciny"
    },
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      "sense": "having the characteristics of a grandmother",
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  "word": "grandmotherly"
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