daughterly

1 4.1

Showing care, love, and duty toward parents

adjective
/ˈdɔːtərli/

: filial

And take that look of daughterly concern off your face.
duty to care for parents

Examples

I stuffed myself into pantyhose and a suit and was ready to do my daughterly duty.

Fiction book (2001)
A daughterly obligation.

Fiction book (1995)
My daughterly love hasn't produced any magical cure; we have no cleansing, intimate talks about our painful past.

Fiction book (1998)
Barry was so touched by my daughterly devotion that he tried to volunteer to come down and help us with the party preparations and was only discouraged with the greatest difficulty.

Fiction book (2000)
She showed her daughterly affection by taking care of her elderly parents.
His daughterly love was evident when he comforted his mother during tough times.
I feel a strong daughterly duty to support my family whenever they need help.

How Daughterly

devoted

185 3.4

daughterly

1 4.1

caring

52 1.6

distant

86 4.9

Surface Forms

daughterly positive

Morphology

daughterly = daughter (transparent) = daughter + ly

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'daughter' with the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ly' meaning 'characteristic of or befitting a daughter'.

Etymology

The word daughterly comes from daughter and the ending -ly, which means 'like' or 'in the way of'. So something daughterly is like what a daughter would do, showing love, care, or duty.