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DAUGHTERLY

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daugh⋅ter⋅ly

  [daw-ter-lee]
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–adjective
pertaining to, befitting, or like a daughter.
Origin:
1525–35; daughter + -ly

Related forms:
daugh⋅ter⋅li⋅ness, noun
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daugh·ter   (dô'tər)   
n.  

  1. One's female child.

  2. A female descendant.

  3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.

  4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).

  5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.

adj.  

  1. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.

  2. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.

  3. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.


[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor; see dhugəter- in Indo-European roots.]
daugh'ter·ly adj.
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