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Meaning motherly meaning

What does motherly mean?

Definitions in simple English

— If you act in a motherly way, you are caring and helpful, like a mother. She spoke in a soft motherly voice.

— adjective befitting a mother; warm and nurturing — adverb (= maternally) in a maternal manner; as a mother she loved her students almost maternally

What other words have the same or similar meaning as motherly?

maternal motherlike maternally parental mother uterine paternal maternity maternalistic fatherly

What do people use motherly to talk about?

What words describe something having to do with your parents?

parental paternal maternal fatherly motherly parentage