singerly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From singer +‎ -ly.

Adjective[edit]

singerly (comparative more singerly, superlative most singerly)

  1. Proper to or characteristic of a singer
    • 1988 February 19, Chris Morris, “Marianne Faithful--Strange Weather”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience.