Jeevesian

/ ˈdʒiːvzɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity

Example Sentences

He was subsequently questioned by the secret service for the usual Jeevesian death threats to Barack Obama.

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It’s a little Jeevesian, you might say.

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Yet every four years, North Korea dutifully turns up at World Cups and Olympiads, smiling and deploying a courtesy and social grace that borders on the Jeevesian.

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Despite the President's early observation that he intended to make his own breakfast, this service is now usually provided by a Jeevesian attendant, who brings him his orange juice, sliced melon, tea and English muffins piping hot, margarined and ready to be marmaladed.

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