grand-daughterly

grand-daughterly (comparative more grand-daughterly, superlative most grand-daughterly)

1. Alternative form of granddaughterly
   • 1842, [Edward Everett Hale], “The South American Editor”, in The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion, volume I, number VI, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Bradbury, Soden & Co., page 268:

     Our excursion to Topsham would, we supposed, prove a very disagreeable business to him, but we knew it would result very agreeably for us, and so, though with a good deal of maidenly compunction and grand-daughterly compassion on Julia’s part, we out-voted him.

   • 1859 April, “Bulls and Bears”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics., volume III, number XVIII, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company; London: Trübner and Company, chapter XXIII, page 417:

     “[…] Some young ladies are quite apt to be fascinated by elderly gentlemen who know the world and still take an interest in society.” “Yes,—a filial sort of interest, a 'grand-daughterly reverence and respect. The sight of gray hair is a wonderful antidote to any tenderer feeling.”

   • 1996 July 7, Peter Wilmoth, “The damnation of William McBride”, in The Sunday Age, number 359, section “Agenda”, page 1:

     It would not be putting too fine a point on it to say Dr McBride has ample time to look up any grand-daughterly queries, or indeed perform any other family duties now that his spectacular and now disgraced career is, finally, over.