headmasterly
English
editEtymology
editFrom headmaster + -ly.
Adjective
editheadmasterly (comparative more headmasterly, superlative most headmasterly)
- In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- 2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford:
- Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.