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- adjective Of, or befitting, a
godmother .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Watched over by Dorothy in a kind of godmotherly role, the Junior
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But I fulfilled my godmotherly obligation to buy the child's first communion dress, taking the child out shopping with her mother to buy a suitable dress instead of simply handing over the money.
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What would you like from a godmotherly person in terms of promises, commitments, support?
Milton Keynes and melancholy jinty 2006
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It is impossible to tell whether Miss Bell would have found room in this philosophy for the godmotherly benevolence of Mademoiselle
A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan
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3AM: Presenting Kate Hudson's extensive collection of smug faces 3AM: Nope, can't see anything godmotherly about this 3AM: If David's amazingly excited, then so are we 3AM: There's no point trying to grab Cy's neck - he doesn't have one It's the story we've all been expecting: Rav says Chantelle stitched him right up
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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3AM: Nope, can't see anything godmotherly about this 3AM: If David's amazingly excited, then so are we 3AM: There's no point trying to grab Cy's neck - he doesn't have one 3AM: There's something about the name Katie and legal dramaramas at the mo 3AM: Good to see Fearne's lingering near the Palace too
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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3AM: Presenting Kate Hudson's extensive collection of smug faces 3AM: Nope, can't see anything godmotherly about this It's the story we've all been expecting: Rav says Chantelle stitched him right up
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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3AM: Presenting Kate Hudson's extensive collection of smug faces 3AM: Nope, can't see anything godmotherly about this It's the story we've all been expecting: Rav says Chantelle stitched him right up
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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It would give one the most delicious, fairy-godmotherly sort of satisfaction! "
The Farringdons Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 1894
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