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1. (adj.) motherly
pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother.
2. motherly
like a mother.
3. (adv.) motherly
in the manner of a mother.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME moderly, OE mōdorlīc)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) motherly
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
2. (adverb) maternally, motherly
in a maternal manner; as a mother
"she loved her students almost maternally"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) motherly
of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care
2. (adverb) motherly
in a manner of a mother
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Sense: like a mother; of, or suitable to, a mother
a motherly woman; motherly love.
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 Afrikaans: moederlik |
 Arabic: أُمومي، اُمَّهي |
 Bulgarian: майчински |
 Brazilian: maternal |
 Czech: mateřský |
 German: mütterlich |
 Danish: moderlig |
 Greek: μητρικός |
 Spanish: maternal |
 Estonian: emalik |
 Farsi: مادرانه |
 Finnish: äidillinen |
 French: maternel |
 Hebrew: אִימָהִי |
 Hindi: मातृ-सुलभ, माता की भांति |
 Croatian: majčinski |
 Hungarian: anyai |
 Indonesian: keibuan |
 Icelandic: móðurlegur |
 Italian: materno |
 Japanese: 母のような |
 Korean: 어머니처럼 |
 Lithuanian: motiniškas |
 Latvian: mātes-; mātišķs |
 Malay: sifat ibu |
 Dutch: moederlijk |
 Norwegian: moderlig |
 Polish: macierzyński |
 Persian: مادرانه |
 Pashto: مور غوندى |
 Portuguese: maternal |
 Romanian: matern |
 Russian: заботливый, нежный |
 Slovak: materský |
 Slovenian: materinski |
 Serbian: majčinski |
 Swedish: moderlig |
 Thai: อย่างแม่ |
 Turkish: anne gibi |
 Taiwanese: 母親般的，適合當母親的，母性的 |
 Ukrainian: материнський |
 Urdu: مادرانہ |
 Vietnamese: thuộc mẹ |
 Chinese: 母亲般的 |
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