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grand-daughterly en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of granddaughterly.
   alt of granddaughterly
   • Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove a very disagreeable business to him, but we knew it would result very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal of maidenly compunction and grand-daughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out-voted him. 1842, [Edward Everett Hale], “The South American Editor”, in The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion, volume I, number VI, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Bradbury, Soden & Co., page 268:
   • “[…]Some young ladies are quite apt to be fascinated by elderly gentlemen who know the world and still take an interest in society.” “Yes,—a filial sort of interest, a 'grand-daughterly reverence and respect. The sight of gray hair is a wonderful antidote to any tenderer feeling.” 1859 April, “Bulls and Bears”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics., volume III, number XVIII, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company; London: Trübner and Company, chapter XXIII, page 417:
   • It would not be putting too fine a point on it to say Dr McBride has ample time to look up any grand-daughterly queries, or indeed perform any other family duties now that his spectacular and now disgraced career is, finally, over. 1996 July 7, Peter Wilmoth, “The damnation of William McBride”, in The Sunday Age, number 359, section “Agenda”, page 1:

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