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[ muhth-er-lee ] / ˈmʌð ər li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR motherly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude. like a mother: to take a motherly interest in an orphan. adverbin the manner of a mother. Origin of motherlyFirst recorded before 1000; Middle English moderly,Old English mōdorlīc.See mother1, -ly OTHER WORDS FROM motherlymoth·er·li·ness, nounun·moth·er·ly, adjectiveWords nearby motherlymotherland, mother language, motherless, mother liquor, mother lode, motherly, mother-naked, Mother Nature, mother of, mother of coal, Mother of God Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for motherlyInevitably, poor Kate is getting binders full of advice and motherly reminiscence. Hyperemesis Gravidarum: What’s Ailing Kate Middleton|Kent Sepkowitz|December 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST “Diana did love him in a motherly way,” said a friend of the singer. Diana Ross ‘Has No Intention of Taking’ Michael Jackson’s Kids|Allison Samuels|August 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST Nonetheless, she saw years earlier that her eldest daughter had the motherly itch. 10 Palin Hits the Leakers Missed|Benjamin Sarlin, Samuel P. Jacobs|November 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST The mother's mood may be read at a glance: she is showing in one of a thousand tender ways her motherly affection for her child. The Madonna in Art|Estelle M. Hurll
Georgina Hogarth, however, was sweet-tempered and of a motherly disposition. Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete|Lyndon Orr My motherly love to all such young ones as may be around you. George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)|George Eliot She took, she said, such a motherly interest in young men, especially in clergymen. The Way of All Flesh|Samuel Butler Persis could not resist a motherly question: "Is this an ideal trysting-place, do you think?" What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for motherly
adjectiveof or resembling a mother, esp in warmth, or protectiveness Derived forms of motherlymotherliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to motherlyaffectionate, careful, comforting, devoted, fond, gentle, kind, loving, maternal, nurturing, protective, supporting, sympathetic, tender, warm, watchful, caretaking, protecting, sheltering |