Definition of Cousinly

1. Adjective. Like or befitting a cousin. "A cousinly kiss"

Derivative terms: Cousin
Antonyms: Uncousinly

Definition of Cousinly

1. a. Like or becoming a cousin.

Definition of Cousinly

1. Adjective. Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin ¹

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Definition of Cousinly

1. cousin [adj] - See also: cousin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cousinly

cousin-sister
cousin-uncle
cousin-uncles
cousin brother
cousin brothers
cousin marriage
cousin prime
cousin sister
cousin sisters
cousinage
cousinages
cousinette
cousinhood
cousinhoods
cousinless
cousinly (current term)
cousinries
cousinry
cousins
cousins-german
cousins-in-law
cousinship
cousinships
couta boat
couta boats
couteau
couteaux
couter
couters
couth

Literary usage of Cousinly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... he presently drew encouragement from the thought that this sort of cousinly familiarity excluded any serious passion. Indeed, he occasionally felt that ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1871)
"... have been simpler to leave Patience in the carriage; but Patty's nature was incapable of simplicity, either in thought or action. CHAPTER LVI. cousinly. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... you be able to conceive my situation, and understand the workings of my feelings, while I stood for a while a spectator of this cousinly intercourse. ..."

4. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"... in Caroline's presence with a very queer face, and amazed her by demanding a cousinly salute on the spot, to rectify a damage that had been done him. ..."

5. The Tale of Solomon Owl by Arthur Scott Bailey (1917)
"XVIII A cousinly QUARREL IT proved to be just as Solomon Owl had told his cousin, Simon Screecher. Solomon had so much on his mind that he had no sooner ..."

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