motherly
16
2.3
- adjective
- /ˈmʌðərli/
:
maternal
- Most of them are comforted by a promise of motherly care and peace.
- motherly love
- motherly care
But Dee had that motherly thing from day one.
- But Dee had that motherly thing from day one.
- And so it's I had a motherly presence, right?
- Right, And not everybody experiences true motherly love or anything like that.
- I feel like he'd be the more motherly dad.
- She's just so nice and warm to be around and very motherly.
- And in doing this, she she drops these these great little bits of motherly advice.
- I just tried to encourage him and, you know, say what I think they could correct because that's more motherly, right.
- But how wait, do whale, do whales have like, like, motherly?
- No one gives a shit then that would I just would be wanting to kill everyone in a motherly way.
Examples
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And that is one piece of motherly advice I hope you took to heart.
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We arrived before most of the others; Miriam took me aside with a motherly arm around my shoulder.
Fiction book (1993) -
Do you want some motherly love advice?
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Ah, such motherly concern for the subject.
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But Dee had that motherly thing from day one.
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She used to touch me a lot, in a motherly way, when I was little.
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The queen released her with a motherly kiss on the cheek.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was something motherly about her, though I guessed her to be under thirty.
Fiction book (1993) -
Magda rose and rounded her desk to enfold Sharon in a motherly embrace.
Fiction book (2000) -
She always offered motherly advice, making sure I felt loved and supported.
Synonyms
55
3.8
Showing care and kindness like a mother
2
3.0
Being warm, gentle, and caring like a kind older woman who comforts others
Kind and protective like a caring parent
Being caring and protective like a mother
Antonyms
How Motherly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Motherly comes from the old English word mother, which means 'a woman who has a child', plus the ending -ly, which means 'like' or 'in the way of'. So motherly describes warm, caring behaviour that is like a mother's way.