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Definition of Maternally
1. Adverb. In a maternal manner; as a mother. "She loved her students almost maternally"
Definition of Maternally
1. adv. In a motherly manner.
Definition of Maternally
1. Adverb. In a maternal manner. ¹
2. Adverb. motherly, as a mother ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maternally
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maternally
Literary usage of Maternally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States by William Biddle Atkinson (1878)
"RANNEY, GEORGE E., Lansing,Mich., paternally of Scotch, maternally of French
descent, was born in Batavia, NY, June I3th, 1839. ..."
2. Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also by Alaric Alexander Watts (1856)
"II is descended from the brother of Villiers, tlie favourite of James I., and
maternally from Clarendon the historian. CLOSE, THE KEY. ..."
3. The Coins of the Sháhs of Persia, Safavis, Afgháns, Efsháris, Zands, and Kájárs by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole (1887)
"... (maternally). (XIII.)-ISMA'ÍL (III). • AB 1163— 1169=АЛ>. 1750—1756. A.
Under tutelage of 'AH Merdan Khan, An 1163 = AB 1750. B. Under tutelage of Kerim ..."
4. The Description of Ireland: And the State Thereof as it is at this Present by Edmund Hogan (1878)
"maternally, J. Conmee, Esq., Kings- land, Co. Roscommon. Sir Walter Nugent of
Donore, maternally. The name of his family was FitzGerald. ..."
5. The Jockey Club and Its Founders: In Three Periods by Robert Black (1891)
"... in Mr. Hedworth T. Barclay (descended maternally from the winner of the ...
in the Earl of Bradford (descended maternally from the racing family of Sir ..."
6. The Patrician edited by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1847)
"Major Sackville West is 2nd son of the noble Earl by whom he was presented, and
grandson, maternally, of the 3rd Duke of Dorset. Major E. Wilton Passy, ..."
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