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motherlinesses

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moth⋅er⋅ly

  [muhth-er-lee]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
2. like a mother: to take a motherly interest in an orphan.
–adverb
3. in the manner of a mother.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME moderly, OE mōdorlīc. See mother 1 , -ly

Related forms:
moth⋅er⋅li⋅ness, noun
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