moth·er·ly 
(mŭthər-lē)
(mŭthər-lē)adj.
1. Of, like, or appropriate to a mother: motherly love.
2. Showing the affection of a mother.
adv.
In a manner befitting a mother.
mother·li·ness n.
- spang
- spangle
- Spanglish
- spangly
- Spaniard
- spaniel
- Spanish
- Spanish America
- Spanish American
- Spanish-American
- Spanish-American War
- Spanish bayonet
- Spanish cedar
- Spanish chestnut
- Spanish fly
- Spanish lime
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish Main
- Spanish moss
- Spanish needles
- Spanish omelet
- Spanish onion
- Spanish paprika
- Spanish Peaks
- Spanish rice