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gossiply

adj

Etymology

From gossip + -ly.

  1. inherited from godsibb — “godparent, sponsor”
  2. inherited from godsybbe
  3. formed as gossiply — “gossip + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of or befitting a gossip

    Characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplike

    • He was finding it a diverting task to make plain the "gossiply" report and to prevent the one — who, in his desperate effort to grasp the meaning of it all, was searching him — […]
    • It seemed from a distance they were destined to be: branded forever, two names locked in a heart, the love bite of a gossiply, homely, garrulous fly.
    • His gossiply (rather feline) letters, which have many often highly entertaining anecdotes about his friends and contemporaries, provide an invaluable guide to the manners and interests of the 18th century.

  2. In a manner befitting a gossip, or in a gossipy manner

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA