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adj. Of, like, or appropriate to a mother: motherly love.

adj. Showing the affection of a mother.

ad. In a manner befitting a mother.

adj. Befitting a mother, warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.

adj. Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal.

ad. In a manner of a mother.

Pertaining to a mother: as, motherly power or authority.

Becoming or characteristic of a mother; tender; parental; affectionate: as, motherly love or care.

Like a mother.

Synonyms Motherly, Maternal, Parental. The same distinction holds between the Anglo-Saxon word and the Latin ones in this list that is found in the words compared under brotherly and under fatherly.

In the manner of a mother.

ad. in a maternal manner; as a mother

adj. befitting a mother; warm and nurturing

"She was quiet, simple; in short, motherly, when seen by Cooper the winter of 1828-29."

maternal   

paternal    maternal    tender   

brotherly    southerly   

fatherly    kindly    womanly    brotherly    maternal    compassionate    manly    matronly    benevolent    amiable