auntly

(ˈɑːntlɪ)

adj, -lier or -liest

of or like an aunt

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Her own mother would never do such a thing, would never have taken her on a trip to get her mind off her troubles, in fact had told her that the divorce was her fault (which belief Reena shared), and Laureen's curt dismissal of this opinion--all she'd said, in front of Reena, was "your mother is very narrow-minded"--typified her general auntly excellence.

The Cruise

josh wore cutoff jeans and no shirt, and as I passed I slapped his taut belly with my palm, sizing him up with auntly comedy.