| She has that annoying grandmotherly ability to comfort a baby just by entering the room. |
| Mae was surprised to see her, but welcoming in her crabby, grandmotherly sort of way all the same. |
| You just have to treat other people in a grandmotherly or grandfatherly fashion. |
| I can almost hear a grandmotherly voice telling me that it's no way to get rid of a cold. |
| Both my grandmothers wore shapeless, listless, grandmotherly dresses with baggy bosoms and they donned sturdy black oxford-type shoes. |
| The point, the subtle message of the evening, was underlining a grandmotherly home truth: You get what you pay for. |
