Addams

[ ad-uhmz ]

/ ˈæd əmz /

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noun

Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.

Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.

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How to use Addams in a sentence

You also had a pretty uncomfortable costume in The Addams Family, which is surprising, since your performance feels so effortless.
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This “Popular Song” music video is The Addams Family meets… Wicked.
Empire of the Sun & More of the Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Jean Trinh|May 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When you had the bit part as a police desk sergeant in the film Addams Family Values, was it your dream one day to play Gomez?
Nathan Lane's Final Musical?|Kevin Sessums|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Anyway, that's all I remember from my one day of shooting Addams Family Values.
Nathan Lane's Final Musical?|Kevin Sessums|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I guess he and others were expecting the Sondheim/Tony Kushner Addams Family musical as directed by Peter Brook.
Nathan Lane's Final Musical?|Kevin Sessums|April 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Now, thanks to Miss Addams and other settlement-workers who have studied him in action from close at hand, we have him on a film.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross
Within a short time Mrs. Addams was chosen massire, a position she held until the school closed.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Mrs. Addams has told us of the great success of one, Miss Prince, who had never been in an art school.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
So, until Miss Addams should deign to declare herself, it seemed as if whist or dancing might break out at any moment.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
And still the inscrutable Miss Addams, with her eye drifting a little more frequently towards the door, gave no sign.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for Addams

Addams

/ (ˈædəmz) /

noun

Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

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