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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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10 words match “BROTHERLY”

BROTHERLY a. 2 definitions
brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.
ALTRUISM n.
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.
BROTHERLINESS n.
The state or quality of being brotherly.
FRATERNAL a.
Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.
FRATERNITY n.
The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
FRATERNIZE v. 2 definitions
ociate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.
GREENLET n.
inging birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
KINDLY adv.
isposition to make others happy, or to oblige. Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. Rom. xii. 10.
TO prep.
ledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 2 Pet. i. 5,6,7. I have a king's oath to the contrary. Shak. Numbers were crowded to death. Clarendon. Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears. Dryden. Go, buckle to the l…
UN- n.
Unblamable Unblemishable Unblissful Unboastful Unbold Unbookish Unbounteous Unbribable Unbrotherly Unburdensome Unbusinesslike Unbusy Uncandid Uncanonical Uncaptious Uncareful Uncelestial Unceremonious Unchallengeable Unchangeable Unchary Unchastisable Uncheerful