Talk:matronly

RFV discussion: December 2011–March 2012

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matronly

Rfv-sense: Can (deprecated template usage) matronly be used as an adverb? I don't see that this is possible. --EncycloPetey 05:23, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't make sense to me, and a quick search for "matronly go", "... give", "... tell" yields no examples except in CG nonsense. Haplology 05:45, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

google books:"act matronly" dos get four hits. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:14, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

"Act" does go with adjectives, however. Act interested. —Internoob 01:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Cited, I think. All with the same verb, dress. —Internoob 03:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I've removed the RfV template from the entry, although I still hope someone can think of another verb this adverbial sense can be paired with. --EncycloPetey 03:52, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

google:"walked matronly" might have some potential, but there's nothing on Books. 81.142.107.230 11:11, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

"Dress" also goes with adjectives, at least in informal speech: warm, nice, casual, sharp, funny, smart. I don't think we want adverb senses for all such cases. DCDuring TALK 12:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

As does act... oh wait Internoob said that. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not so sure we don't. It sure smells like an adverb.​—msh210℠ (talk) 06:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Internoob and msh210 and have passed this (although I've failed so many things that I just typed "RFV-failed" out of habit and had to stop and correct it, hahaha). - -sche (discuss) 03:22, 4 March 2012 (UTC)