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Definition of Brotherlike
1. Adjective. Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother. "Close fraternal ties"
Definition of Brotherlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a brother or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brotherlike
Literary usage of Brotherlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"... hanging over his pillow, wiping his brow, and soothing him with the sweetest
tones of the sweet human voice—that that form, so genial, so brotherlike, ..."
2. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1908)
"... down from windows; President Vergniaud walks there, with Convention, with
Jacobin Society, and all Patriots of every colour, all mourning brotherlike. ..."
3. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"... down from windows; President Vergniaud walks there, with Convention, with
Jacobin Society, and all Patriots of every color, all mourning brotherlike. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"... not visible any more than the blessed shades of past ages, we have a right to
feel a brotherlike connexion—which is indeed our richest inheritance. ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1899)
"Schiller's tone and behaviour to his Sisters is always beautifully human and
brotherlike, as here. Full of affection, sincerity and the warmest truest ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1838)
"... through life, cultivated brotherlike friendship, convicted of having kept his
heart closed to them on what they could not but suppose to have been the ..."
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