brotherly
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1.6
- adjective
- /ˈbrʌðərli/
:
fraterno
- We must entertain each other in brotherly affection.
- brotherly love
- brotherly spirit
But it's just that brotherly feeling like exactly that.
- But it's just that brotherly feeling like exactly that.
- This past weekend I was in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.
- Yeah, it's like this brotherly, sisterly thing, but Lana used it to make me jealous because I never I've never I'm not a jealous guy.
- I said, all right, all right, well, brotherly love, we'll go.
Examples
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Pike suddenly grabs Benny, holding him tightly in a brotherly embrace.
Fiction book (1992) -
Basketball is the perfect forum to create and cultivate feelings of friendship, unity, and brotherly love.
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I said, all right, all right, well, brotherly love, we'll go.
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And what is this act of brotherly love going to cost me?
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Nothing like a little brotherly love.
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Well, we seem to be a little short on brotherly love around here.
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And it is our hope that our brotherly love will then spread throughout the world.
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We're standing here in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, the birthplace of freedom, where the founding fathers authored the Declaration of Independence.
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"That's what I said," Patrick protested, with brotherly impatience, "-- movies aren't real, the way people are real."
Fiction book (1997) -
Without a thought, Carducci was by her side, daring to place a brotherly arm around her shoulder.
Synonyms
7
1.5
Showing warm, protective care and giving friendly advice
4
5.8
Showing warm friendly feelings like brothers do
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6.0
Friendly and supportive in a way that shows people working together
Having the care and loyalty of a brother
Being warm and caring to someone the way a sister is
Compounds
How Brotherly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brotherly comes from the simple family word brother, which means 'male sibling', plus the ending -ly that turns a noun into a way of acting. So brotherly means showing the care, loyalty, or kindness you would expect from a brother.