Definitions
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- adverb In a
matriarchal way.
Etymologies
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matriarchal + -ly
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Examples
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Was it was so matriarchally named because everyone and, um, their mothers, gets the sandwich.
Bay Cities Italian Deli - The Godmother is an Offer You Can't Refuse 2007
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The rhetoric of Republicans -- national security, fiscal discipline, minimal government interventions -- is steeped in patriarchal toughtalk; the rhetoric of Democrats -- education, health care, labor unions, whistleblower protection -- is steeped in what has traditionally been considered issues that are matriarchally important.
The Corsair 2009
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