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messengerly

adj

Etymology

From messenger + -ly.

  1. derived from messagier
  2. derived from messanger
  3. inherited from messengere
  4. suffixed as messengerly — “messenger + ly”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a messenger.

    • I'm just the messenger. […] Not the authority on how these things are done. And I don't think I should talk about it with you before I've done my messengerly duties.
    • Although distressing and truly contemporary, this cellular and messengerly death presents itself to us as endowed with the same meaning as the other ones.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for messengerly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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