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Motherly   /mˈəðərli/   Listen
Motherly

adjective
1.
Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing.
adverb
1.
In a maternal manner; as a mother.  Synonym: maternally.





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"Motherly" Quotes from Famous Books



... Our Lady at once suggested the ethereal and celestial. The long mantle, which fell in folds to her feet, signified her modesty and motherly protection; the meekly folded hands were a silent exhortation to humility and prayer; the tender, spiritual face invited confidence and love; the crown upon her brow proclaimed her sovereignty ...
— Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir • Mary Catherine Crowley
... fresh proof of your motherly love, I have felt an ardent remembrance reawaken of the happy life that we spent gently together. Joy and grief, desire and sacrifice, agitate my heart violently, and I have had to weigh these various impulses one against the other, and with the force of reason, in order to resume ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... Mrs. Forester's motherly heart yearned over the girl as she made her confession. Brokenly and with many tears the story was told, and relief came to Marjory in the telling of it. Blanche, with instinctive tact, had walked away a little distance with Silky, so that Marjory should feel free to talk to her mother. When the ...
— Hunter's Marjory - A Story for Girls • Margaret Bruce Clarke
... She was a pleasant-faced, motherly-looking woman, and she welcomed the boys with open arms. There was no mistaking the warmth and sincerity of her greeting. They felt at home at once and in a few minutes were chatting and laughing as easily as though they had ...
— Bert Wilson in the Rockies • J. W. Duffield
... can do, isn't it? Now, whom would you suggest? Pick out somebody. There's that motherly-looking German woman over there. She's ...
— Quaint Courtships • Howells & Alden, Editors


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