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managerly en · ADJ

Etymology

From manager + -ly.

Meanings

1. Of, befitting, or belonging to a manager; managerial.
   • Again came the racking labor pains. Projector Mansfield commuted between his managerly duties in Billerica and his brewing prospects in Maine. 1959, Linwood W. Moody, The Maine Two-footers: The Story of the Two-foot Gauge Railroads of Maine:
   • Her boss just wanted something that he could tear up so he could feel important and managerly. 2006, Theresa Alan, Spur of the Moment:
   • Is Alex still such a Tartar, or has he settled down to doing proper station managerly things like courting potential donors? 1997, Janice Steinberg, The Dead Man and the Sea:

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