English edit

Etymology edit

messenger +‎ -ly

Adjective edit

messengerly (comparative more messengerly, superlative most messengerly)

  1. Characteristic of a messenger.
    • 2015, Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus:
      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.
    • 2019, Michel Serres, Hominescence, page 4:
      Although distressing and truly contemporary, this cellular and messengerly death presents itself to us as endowed with the same meaning as the other ones.