Definitions
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a
niece .
Etymologies
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From niece + -ly.
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Examples
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Not very niecely behaviour, Nora fumed, watching Blake jerk his head back and catch the wandering fingers in his free hand.
Mistress For A Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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Not very niecely behaviour, Nora fumed, watching Blake jerk his head back and catch the wandering fingers in his free hand.
Mistress for a Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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I had set out to offer Uncle Peter a cup of niecely affection, and I had got a good, stiff bracer to arouse me in return.
The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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