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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7 words match “MOTHERLY”

MOTHERLY a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker.
GRANDMOTHERLY a.
Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
MATERNAL a.
Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
MATERNALLY adv.
In a motherly manner.
MATRON n.
A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids. Shak. Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother. Fuller.
MATRONAL a.
Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
MOTHERLINESS n.
The state or quality of being motherly.