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单词 brotherlike
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brotherlikeadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈbrʌðəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈbrəðərˌlaɪk/
Forms: see brother n. and -like suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brother n., -like suffix.
Etymology: < brother n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier brotherly adj., brotherly adv.
A. adj.
Resembling a brother; characteristic of a brother; brotherly; fraternal.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [adjective]
brotherlyeOE
fraternec1470
fraternala1513
brotherlike1543
confraternal1889
1543 T. Becon Invect. against Swearing f. xlix Let such as shall be vpon the quest, be honest men.., ryghteous, louyng, indifferent, pitiefull, brotherlyke, & euen such as feare god.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiii/2 Brotherlike, fraternus.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. i. 108 Welcome good Clarence, this is Brother-like [1595 brotherlie] . View more context for this quotation
a1625 E. Chaloner Six Serm. (1629) 19 This is a brotherlike admonition, and a friendlike expostulation.
1695 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. (1696) III. 378 Absolom..still carryed on a Brother-like correspondency with him for many Months and some years.
1788 Gentleman's Mag. May 436/1 Two brother-like friends at once stabbing to the heart the object of their affections.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Lifted Veil i, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 31/1 Alfred..was bent on being extremely friendly and brother-like to me.
1868 Aunt Judy's Mag. Oct. 347 Two names..which had always been coupled together by the brotherlike affection of the two heroes who bore them.
1951 Billboard 6 Oct. 60/3 Modest himself, Al has passed on this modesty to his son, and a warm, almost brother-like relationship exists between the two.
2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 29 July Most likely, Danny Masterson will be the best man because of his brotherlike bond with Ashton.
B. adv.
In a brotherly manner; like a brother. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [adverb]
brotherlya1450
brotherlike1565
fraternally1611
brotherlywise1834
1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. viii. f. 193v How kindely and brotherlyke they haue principally procured the holy sacrifice for theyre frendes and felowes gone before.
1689 S. Husnance England's Faithful Monitor xii. 54 Walk in love Brother-like not like a Noddy Of malice.
1735 tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. xi. 139 There were five hundred Crowns, of which I would accept but a Quarter, whatever Intreaties Gaspard used, to induce me to share them with him Brother-like.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. viii. 155 All Patriots..mourning brotherlike.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 92 The King..kiss'd her with all pureness, brother-like.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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