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What does nannyish mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word nannyish? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
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This is one area where the nanny state is not nannyish enough.
It seems nannyish to recount yet again the catalogue of diseases associated with smoking and drinking.
The main reason I haven't been to California before is their impertinent, nannyish tobacco fatwa.
Does that strike you as nannyish and make you a little queasy?
Our job is to strike down only those laws that violate the Constitution, not the laws that we simply think are unreasonable or excessive or too nannyish.

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