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headmasterly
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English
Etymology
From headmaster + -ly.
Adjective
headmasterly (comparative more headmasterly, superlative most headmasterly)
- Befitting a headmaster.
- 2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford:
- Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.
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