waiterly

One is a waiter in a café being just a little too "waiterly," revealing that he is playing at being a waiter, defining himself as an object rather than as a free human being, in this case as a role.

Dawg's Blawg 2005

One is a waiter in a café being just a little too "waiterly," revealing that he is playing at being a waiter, defining himself as an object rather than as a free human being, in this case as a role.

Archive 2005-09-01 2005

One is a waiter in a café being just a little too "waiterly," revealing that he is playing at being a waiter, defining himself as an object rather than as a free human being, in this case as a role.

Fragments 2005

Another of the waiterly host rushed over to rescue a menu from floor, asking, "May Ireplace this?"

Restaurant: Bar Boulud, London SW1 2010

His waiterly intuition told him the old man put in with more enthusiasm than he paid out.

We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

Our curiosity was excited, and seeing a head-waiterly person, who wore

The Princess Passes 1901

Another of the waiterly host rushed over to rescue a menu from floor, asking, "May I replace this?"

Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2010

And if I am being honest I do love all that waiterly / winey jazz.

Irish Blogs 2009

If there were a template for waiterly perfection, our waiter would have been it.

Daily Vanguard RSS 2009

But a waiter does have to fulfill certain waiterly duties.

Muti 2008