Sundaylikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Sunday +‎ -like

形容詞

Sundaylike (comparative more Sundaylike, superlative most Sundaylike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a Sunday, especially in terms of the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath.
   • 1905, Harper's magazine

     Hence the un-Sundaylike demeanor of the procession, for few towns hold it more unseemly to stand and stare at passers-by, especially on the Sabbath.

   • 1865, The Rebellion record: a diary of American events

     In riding through these counties, the stranger is painfully impressed with the Sundaylike stillness that everywhere prevails...

   • 1947, LIFE magazine (29 September 1947)

     We drive sleepily into London along broad thoroughfares where to eyes fresh from New York the traffic seems sparse and Sundaylike.

同意語

• Sundayish