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adulty en · ADJ

Etymology

From adult + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of an adult.
   • Part of me wanted to help Misa, but a bigger, uglier part of me was jealous that she had graduated on to adultier problems than surviving herself, at least on the surface. 2024, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, “‘Ocean Avenue’ —Yellowcard (3:18)”, in Never Been Better: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN:
   • And because I knew I was supposed to talk to him like he was an adult, I filtered everything I said and made sure it sounded adulty before it left my mouth. 2013, Kristen Tracy, Bessica Lefter Bites Back, page 101:

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