WHAT DOES JEEVESIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of Jeevesian in the English dictionary
The definition of Jeevesian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEEVESIAN»
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1
To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell
Both Hunt and Whitman were inclined to drink a good deal, but, in their different
ways, were the nearest I have ever come across to the ideal of the Jeevesian
manservant, always willing, never out of temper, full of apt repartee and gnomic ...
2
Five Comedies: Miles Gloriosus, Menaechmi, Bacchides, Hecyra ...
(He approaches Curmudgeous and addresses him in a Jeevesian superior-
deferential mode, well adapted to the faithful servant.) Curmudge.: Nugget:
Curmudge.: Nugget: Curmudge.: Nugget: Curmudge.: Nugget: Curmudge.:
Nugget: 228 ...
Plautus, Terence, Deena Berg, 1999
The waiter moved round to fill Gerry's glass while Olivia giggled at his Jeevesian
inscrutability. “I'm being serious.” “Will that be all sir?” Gerry nodded and the
waiter withdrew, eager to disseminate this pearl of gossip among the kitchen staff
.
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Intertextes de L'oeuvre de Beckett
17 But a careful reading shows that the "one" cannot really refer to the speaker
and can only mean "quelqu'un" here because if it meant "me" it would smack of a
kind of Jeevesian pedantry that is quite out of keeping with the tone of the rest of
...
5
Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete: 50 Ways to Kick Butt ...
Being an athlete, even—or especially—an imperfect athlete, means listening
attentively to your body. Pain is the most obvious communication from your body
that things are not as they should be. It's not a genteel Jeevesian, “If I might be so
...
The man's name was Henry, and I got off on the wrong foot when I told him he
looked like Jeeves. He said, Who's Jeeves? and he wasn't pleased when I told
him about that P. G. Wode- house character. He raised his eyebrows in a
Jeevesian ...
... “just tobe safe.” Wallace spritzes me withtwo dashesofhis discrete Green Irish
Tweed, no doubt to remove the alcoholic fumes seeping through my pores. Then,
following my three-minute,Jeevesian makeover, Wallace—lookingme over like ...
8
Revolt into Style: The Pop Arts
and a respectful Jeevesian butler, he turns Saturday morning into a manic
happening. He too though is not the B.B.C.'s favourite; he is over
independentand anarchic fortheirtaste, andhas been frequentlyunder a cloud
forirreverence, DJSare ...
9
Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord 1900-1943
and relations, including a reluctant Her Majesty, were pressed to read a book,
which, 'is remarkable chiefly for the faithfulness with which it portrays the history
of the period as Lord Mountbatten would have wishedit to beseen';a truly
Jeevesian ...
... has suddenly and unexpectedly melted, like Boldwood's wintry reserve; the
new season arrives 'abruptly'. Hardy mentions that 'we may suppose the Dryads
to be waking for the season' as a kind of Jeevesian discreet cough to remind us
of ...
Lance St John Butler, 1978
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEEVESIAN»
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Oracle's Java for Mac bundleware causes user misery
There's also a McAfee security scan that tells you that you really ought to buy McAfee security, while the Jeevesian toolbar provides a bunch of ... «Inquirer, Mar 15»
The Happiest Couple In Hollywood
Brackett may sigh, in a gentlemanly way, at Hollywood's vulgarity, but he took pride in maintaining that Jeevesian calm. Only in December 1948 ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»
Charlie Mortdecai returns with covers by Luke Pearson
... of Bertie Wooster from PG Wodehouse's series of stories and novels – his own servant, Jock Strapp, functioning as a kind of Jeevesian figure. «Creative Review, Jun 14»
Relative Values, Harold Pinter Theatre, review: ideal for our …
And there is a lovely omniscient turn from Rory Bremner as the Jeevesian butler, who memorably describes a twist in the plot as “a coincidence ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
Trevor Nunn: 'The Bard is more relevant than the Bible'
Most of all, he enjoys the fact that, in the best Jeevesian tradition, the most intelligent person in the household is the butler, played by Bremner. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
The help: dare you work for the super-rich?
Fonzworth Bentley, former 'gentleman's gentleman' (the Jeevesian term he favoured) to US rapper Sean 'Puffy' Combs, was obliged to follow ... «Evening Standard, Jan 14»
Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen: On friendship and …
Fortunately, Matthew Macfadyen, playing Bertie's unflappable valet, is on hand to bring a touch of Jeevesian calm to the situation. 'It's exactly ... «Metro, Oct 13»
Mum's the Word
... describe her role as Jeevesian.) After his death in 1952, she took up the post of Queen Mother, which, though ceremonial, was no cakewalk. «Wall Street Journal, Nov 12»
Prince Harry: Royal experts give their verdicts - brave as a lion, but …
While there may have been a collective intake of breath and a Jeevesian “Is that wise, sir?”, soothing voices will have pointed out that he was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 12»
The Abbey That Jumped the Shark
Mr. Carson, the butler at Downton (Jim Carter), has a Jeevesian conservatism and sense of the decorums of country house life. Unfortunately ... «The New York Review of Books, Feb 12»
