donnish
Example Sentences
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Simons has retained a donnish air from his days as a lecturer.
From The Guardian
I think when I meet those arguments I tend to become a bit donnish, perhaps slightly finger-wagging.
From BBC
Mark even looked like one of those donnish figures fictionalised in the pages of the Cold War thrillers he loved.
From BBC
He still fires up the forge now and then, either to do donnish demonstrations for new hires or to make things: door hinges, fireplace sets, a shovel for his son’s pizza oven.
From The New Yorker
There was no donnish fussiness in his manner, just knowledge, which he was happy to share.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
