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Auntly vs Aunty - What's the difference?

auntly | aunty |

As an adjective auntly

is of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.

As an adverb auntly

is in the manner of an aunt.

As a noun aunty is

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auntly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
    • Her auntly behavior always made me blush.
  • *2001 , Mary Evans, Feminism :
    • The legacy Martineau offers to Eliot is auntly in the terms of my definition, because it is simultaneously gratuitous and enabling.
  • *2012 , Josh Ritter, Bright's Passage :
    • He watched the auntly lady twist the ends of the diaper so that the whole assemblage seemed to wrap itself around his boy like magic.

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In the manner of an aunt.

    • aunty

    English

    Noun

    (aunties)