COUSINLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cousinly mean? 

• COUSINLY (adjective)
  The adjective COUSINLY has 1 sense:

1. like or befitting a cousin

  Familiarity information: COUSINLY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUSINLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Like or befitting a cousin

Context example:

a cousinly kiss

Antonym:

uncousinly (not befitting a cousin)

Derivation:

cousin (the child of your aunt or uncle)

 Context examples 

Mr Elliot had called repeatedly, had dined with them once, evidently delighted by the distinction of being asked, for they gave no dinners in general; delighted, in short, by every proof of cousinly notice, and placing his whole happiness in being on intimate terms in Camden Place.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

She would not, upon any account, mention her having met with him the second time; luckily Mary did not much attend to their having passed close by him in their earlier walk, but she would have felt quite ill-used by Anne's having actually run against him in the passage, and received his very polite excuses, while she had never been near him at all; no, that cousinly little interview must remain a perfect secret.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)