big-sisterly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From big sister + -ly.
Adjective[edit]
big-sisterly (comparative more big-sisterly, superlative most big-sisterly)
- Of or characteristic of older sisters.
- 1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
- Some were sweet and big-sisterly, good shoulders to cry on; others eternal cheerleaders, all freckles and bobby sox; still others were serious campus leaders with their blond hair in a severe twist.
Adverb[edit]
big-sisterly (comparative more big-sisterly, superlative most big-sisterly)
- In the manner of an older sister.
- 2015, Guy Vanderhaeghe, “Koenig & Company”, in Daddy Lenin and Other Stories[1], McClelland & Stewart:
- By turns she could be goofy and serious, playful and big-sisterly stern.