Jeevesian

British

/ ˈdʒiːvzɪən /

adjective

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

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

From The Guardian

It’s a little Jeevesian, you might say.

From Slate

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.

From The Guardian

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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