unpolicemanly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + policemanly.
Adjective
[edit]unpolicemanly (comparative more unpolicemanly, superlative most unpolicemanly)
- Unbefitting or uncharacteristic of a policeman
- 2007, Robert Barnard, A Fall from Grace: A Novel of Suspense, page 109:
- He was being unpolicemanly. “I can't believe he'd commit suicide. And why should it be an accident? He was perfectly steady on his pins.”