managerly

Of, befitting, or belonging to a manager; managerial.

Adjective

  1. Of, befitting, or belonging to a manager; managerial.
    • Again came the racking labor pains. Projector Mansfield commuted between his managerly duties in Billerica and his brewing prospects in Maine. - 1959, Linwood W. Moody, The Maine Two-footers: The Story of the Two-foot...
    • Is Alex still such a Tartar, or has he settled down to doing proper station managerly things like courting potential donors? - 1997, Janice Steinberg, The Dead Man and the Sea:
    • Her boss just wanted something that he could tear up so he could feel important and managerly. - 2006, Theresa Alan, Spur of the Moment:

Origin

From manager + -ly.

Forms

more managerly most managerly