grandmotherlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðəli/, U.S.

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌməðərli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandmother n., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < grandmother n. + -ly suffix¹, after motherly adj. Compare grandfatherly adj., and earlier grandmaternal adj.

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a grandmother; characteristic of or resembling a grandmother.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [adjective] > to a grandmother

grandmaternal1736

grandmotherly1764

1764 tr. Mme de Sévigné Lett. (ed. 2) I. 75 I love your daughter for your sake, for I do not yet find the bowels of grandmotherly affection [Fr. des tendresses d'une grand'mere] yearn within me.

1787 R. Bage Fair Syrian I. 165 What the devil can an Irish girl know, except praying and pudding-making, and such-like grand-motherly goodnesses?

1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) III. vii. 390 But this device is grandmotherly.

1871 Daily News 7 Apr. They have abjured all attempt to rule Paris except by a grandmotherly kind of coaxing.

1874 J. Howe Sex & Educ. 17 A good old grandmotherly doctrine, handed down from parent to child.

1880 Harper's Mag. May 914 ‘Now Jerome’, said Irene, in the advising grandmotherly manner she often assumed.

1936 Motorboating Jan. 220/2 In some instances grandmotherly-minded governments have forbidden voyages to distant islands.

1974 A. Tyler Celestial Navigation iv. 108 He thought with love of Mrs. Dowd's gnarled old hands..rescuing a runaway peach and setting it back in place with a little grandmotherly pat.

2006 Atlanta Oct. 150/2 ‘Don't you look purdy,’ the grandmotherly hostess says, approaching the table.

2. figurative. Of government, legislation, etc.: characterized by a trivial minuteness of detail or by excessive concern for people's moral welfare. Now rare (historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > excessively

mollycoddling1834

overprotecting1847

grandmotherly1873

overprotective1907

nanny1959

nannyish1962

1873 All Year Round 6 Sept. 443/2 The Act in question was a bit of grandmotherly legislation worth recalling to mind.

1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 309/3 The enterprising traveller had set their rather grandmotherly regulations at defiance.

1907 E. H. Bates Quarter Sessions Rec. Somerset I. Intro. p. xxvii Paternal, not to say grandmotherly regulations have never found favour with the English.

1951 H. Macmillan Diary 15 Dec. (2003) 123 I ask for authority to get away from all this annual planning and this grandmotherly control by the Treasury.

1988 Handgunner July–Aug. 61/2 MP's who, at the height of the terrorist wave at the end of the last century, threw out proposals for gun control as ‘grandmotherly’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandmotherly
释义	grandmotherlyadj. Brit. /ˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðəli/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌməðərli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandmother n., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < grandmother n. + -ly suffix¹, after motherly adj. Compare grandfatherly adj., and earlier grandmaternal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a grandmother; characteristic of or resembling a grandmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [adjective] > to a grandmother grandmaternal1736 grandmotherly1764 1764 tr. Mme de Sévigné Lett. (ed. 2) I. 75 I love your daughter for your sake, for I do not yet find the bowels of grandmotherly affection [Fr. des tendresses d'une grand'mere] yearn within me. 1787 R. Bage Fair Syrian I. 165 What the devil can an Irish girl know, except praying and pudding-making, and such-like grand-motherly goodnesses? 1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) III. vii. 390 But this device is grandmotherly. 1871 Daily News 7 Apr. They have abjured all attempt to rule Paris except by a grandmotherly kind of coaxing. 1874 J. Howe Sex & Educ. 17 A good old grandmotherly doctrine, handed down from parent to child. 1880 Harper's Mag. May 914 ‘Now Jerome’, said Irene, in the advising grandmotherly manner she often assumed. 1936 Motorboating Jan. 220/2 In some instances grandmotherly-minded governments have forbidden voyages to distant islands. 1974 A. Tyler Celestial Navigation iv. 108 He thought with love of Mrs. Dowd's gnarled old hands..rescuing a runaway peach and setting it back in place with a little grandmotherly pat. 2006 Atlanta Oct. 150/2 ‘Don't you look purdy,’ the grandmotherly hostess says, approaching the table. 2. figurative. Of government, legislation, etc.: characterized by a trivial minuteness of detail or by excessive concern for people's moral welfare. Now rare (historical). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > excessively mollycoddling1834 overprotecting1847 grandmotherly1873 overprotective1907 nanny1959 nannyish1962 1873 All Year Round 6 Sept. 443/2 The Act in question was a bit of grandmotherly legislation worth recalling to mind. 1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 309/3 The enterprising traveller had set their rather grandmotherly regulations at defiance. 1907 E. H. Bates Quarter Sessions Rec. Somerset I. Intro. p. xxvii Paternal, not to say grandmotherly regulations have never found favour with the English. 1951 H. Macmillan Diary 15 Dec. (2003) 123 I ask for authority to get away from all this annual planning and this grandmotherly control by the Treasury. 1988 Handgunner July–Aug. 61/2 MP's who, at the height of the terrorist wave at the end of the last century, threw out proposals for gun control as ‘grandmotherly’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1764
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