mumsy informal

You absolutely don’t have to look mumsy just because you’ve become a mother.

What is it with young designers and mumsy old clothes?

Will all the mumsy fans of the book want their daughters to learn that?

I love one-pieces at the moment, for once they are cool, flattering and not so mumsy.

"It's a way to get that height that women want without being so mumsy," he said.

Luckily, only the older, mumsy types went for Jason.

Some of the commentary relating to Mel said she was described as "mumsy" and "nice."

Moore is so mumsy, it makes me even more curious about her lack of inhibition as an actor.

Retailers have a "responsibility" to tackle Britain's obesity crisis, he added in his mumsy way.

I ask, all mumsy but nice and flirty-like.

And Queen Elizabeth has called her expensive but mumsy wardrobe "props."

Miranda for her part is mumsy in an asymmetric bob and beige trench coat.

Actually, Next clothing is hardly the zenith of glamour itself, what with all those mumsy blouses.

These women aren't on mumsy websites moaning about breastfeeding or the cost of nannies.

The exception to the mumsy procession of presidential wives was Nancy Reagan.

They’re mostly dreary, mumsy labels that are targeted at middle-aged women.”

Ms. Chung's versions included a more severe camp shirt and a full mumsy shirtdress.

There's nothing mumsy about Versace clothes, though.

She wasn’t a mumsy granny; when I got to my teens, I connected with her on cooking.

He is all about old-fashioned tailoring, avoiding ever being mumsy, and use of cool fabrics and bright colours.

There's something inherently mumsy about what Rumer does, something that seems suited to a coffee morning circa 1975.

They're still doing it to their female presenters, making them look mumsy and safe, sending them out in awful concoctions.

One senior colleague says, “Don’t be fooled by the slightly mumsy aura – she is unflappable … she gets things done”.

Thank you mumsy.

But was this laudable concern from one woman to another, or a mumsy rant from a jealous has-been?