schoolmastery
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]schoolmastery (uncountable)
- Synonym of schoolmastership
Etymology 2
[edit]From schoolmaster + -y.
Adjective
[edit]schoolmastery (comparative more schoolmastery, superlative most schoolmastery)
- (informal) Synonym of schoolmasterish
- 2015, Norman Hillmer, O. D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition, page 210:
- He retailed the common view to Isabel that “Ramsay” was “a tired man, & overdid the envangelical appeal & schoolmastery scolding, but in spots it was eloquent & impressive.”