Definition of "schoolmasterly" []

• Befitting a schoolmaster. (adjective)

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• "Crystal concludes warmly that Fowler was like an endearingly eccentric, schoolmasterly character, driven at times to exasperation by the infelicities of his wayward pupils, but always wanting the best for them and hoping to provide the best guidance for them …."
• "In as much as you can make much of an impression in an atmosphere swinging from febrile to funereal, Mowbray seems sure-footed and his unfussy style does not invite nostalgic comparison with Motty's schoolboy enthusiasm nor with Barry Davies's occasionally schoolmasterly pedantry."
• "Aversion to niche pitches runs all the way from ITV's schoolmasterly Peter Fincham ( "niche interest programme proposals may be better directed at a niche interest channel"), via Sky's untypically blunt Stuart Murphy (ideas "can't be niche"), to even More4's seemingly fed-up Hamish Mykura (who has had his fill of "programmes people bring me that are too small and niche to survive elsewhere")."