What does brotherly mean?

Definitions for brotherly
ˈbrʌð ər libroth·er·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brotherly, brotherlike, fraternaladverb

    like or characteristic of or befitting a brother

    "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"

  2. brotherlyadverb

    (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner

Wiktionary

  1. brotherlyadverb

    In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.

  2. brotherlyadjective

    Of or characteristic of brothers.

    brotherly love

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brotherlyadjective

    Natural; such as becomes or beseems a brother.

    Etymology: from brother.

    He was a priest, and looked for a priest’s reward; which was our brotherly love, and the good of our souls and bodies. Francis Bacon.

    Though more our money than our cause,
    Their brotherly assistance draws. John Denham.

    They would not go before the laws, but follow them; obeying their superiours, and embracing one another in brotherly piety and concord. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 33.

  2. Brotherlyadverb

    After the manner of a brother; with kindness and affection.

    I speak but brotherly of him; but should I anatomize him to thee as he is, I must blush and weep, and thou look pale and wonder. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

Wikipedia

  1. brotherly

    Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The word "families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, and global village.

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  1. brotherly

    Brotherly refers to feelings of kinship, affection, or closeness that are characteristic of or suitable to a brother. It generally involves behaviors such as love, empathy, support, encouragement, loyalty, and protection that are typically associated with relationships between brothers. This term can be used even when describing relationships outside the family context, indicating a similar level of intimacy or camaraderie.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brotherlyadjective

    of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love

  2. Brotherlyadverb

    like a brother; affectionately; kindly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brotherly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brotherly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of brotherly in a Sentence

  1. Ammar Awad/Reuters Massive spontaneous protests:

    I call on all the demonstrators in Jerusalem, on the right and the left, to behave responsibly and not to act violently. We are brotherly people.

  2. Jeff Minetti:

    This is the city of brotherly love, any and all are welcome.

  3. Orson Welles:

    In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce The cuckoo clock.

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    Love for one's motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting feelings. It manifested itself in full in the brotherly support to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol, when they resolutely decided to return home, this event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever.

  5. Ahmet Demirok:

    Today we are not building a new alliance but rather rediscovering historic and brotherly ties.

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