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hostessy, a.|ˈhəʊstɪsɪ|
[f. hostess + -y1.]
Pertaining to, or typical of, a hostess; hospitable.
1930J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement iii. 108 And then, too, all the time you were so worried and anxious about the food and the serving, you were expected to be keeping the conversation going, terribly bright and hostessy. 1939‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife 21 She would assume a gushing, hostessy manner. 1945Penguin New Writing XXVI. 62 Betty Mordon began by being affably hostessy towards him. 1967D. Francis Blood Sport i. 13 Idle hostessy chat. 1973J. Burrows Like an Evening Gone i. 18 Greta has been making hostessy interested noises. |