secretarylike

English

Etymology

From secretary +‎ -like.

Adjective

secretarylike (comparative more secretarylike, superlative most secretarylike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a secretary.
   • 1988, Gary N Powell, Women and men in management:

     They may be further stereotyped by being assigned secretarylike functions in groups or by being given jobs that reflect their presumed feminine capabilities […]

   • 2004, Neal Thompson, Light this candle: the life and times of Alan Shepard, America's first spaceman:

     The secretarylike job bored him, and he immediately requested a transfer to the gunnery division...

Translations

resembling or characteristic of a secretary

• Finnish: sihteerimäinen

See also

• clerklike
• secretarial