Fraternal actions show strong links of friendship between two people or groups of people.
[formal]
...the fraternal assistance of our colleagues and comrades.
He said he hoped the issue could be solved in a fraternal way.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Fraternal twins are twins born from two eggs, so they are not exactly the same. They look different from each other and may be different sexes.
fraternal in British English
(frəˈtɜːnəl)
adjective
1.
of or suitable to a brother; brotherly
2.
of or relating to a fraternity
3.
designating either or both of a pair of twins of the same or opposite sex that developed from two separate fertilized ova
Compare identical (sense 3)
Derived forms
fraternalism (fraˈternalism)
noun
fraternally (fraˈternally)
adverb
Word origin
C15: from Latin frāternus, from frāter brother
fraternal in American English
(frəˈtɜrnəl)
adjective
1.
of or characteristic of a brother or brothers; brotherly
2.
of or like a fraternal order or a fraternity
3.
designating twins, of either the same or different sexes, developed from separatelyfertilized ova and thus having hereditary characteristics not necessarily the same
see also identical (sense 3)
Derived forms
fraternalism (fraˈternalˌism)
noun
fraternally (fraˈternally)
adverb
Word origin
ME < ML fraternalis < L fraternus, brotherly < frater, brother
Examples of 'fraternal' in a sentence
fraternal
`With the fraternal assistance of our colleagues and comrades, no doubt?
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (1994)
There was also--Crook acknowledged the sign with a fraternal salute--a detective agency.
West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT (1994)
`You gotta learn to take my fraternal interest in you in the spirit in which it's offered.