nursely en · ADJ
Etymology
From nurse + -ly.
Meanings
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Synonym of nurselike.
"She's a dreadful good hand in sickness," was said to us of a woman we were about to become acquainted with. […] If to know the worst way and to practise it was a nursely qualification, then she should have ranked high.
1886, Cottage Hearth: A Magazine of Home Arts and Home Culture, page 28:Irene was not very good at being comforting. She felt she was sorely lacking in this "nursely" quality and was peeved at herself.
2017, Rena Wynne Schilsky, My Angel:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most nursely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more nursely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |