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Definition of Motherly
1. Adverb. In a maternal manner; as a mother. "She loved her students almost maternally"
2. Adjective. Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing.
Definition of Motherly
1. a. Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.
2. adv. In a manner of a mother.
Definition of Motherly
1. Adjective. Befitting a mother, warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Motherly
1. maternal [adj] - See also: maternal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motherly
Literary usage of Motherly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"motherly BEHAVIOR. — Among the crude, violent, often selfish natural ... Only in
connection with the motherly instinct is the tender emotion found, ..."
2. Educational Psychology: Briefer Course by Edward Lee Thorndike (1914)
"motherly BEHAVIOR All women possess originally, from early childhood to death,
some interest in human babies, and a responsiveness to the instinctive looks, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"Ver}' motherly, you mean. There's Mr. Von Snarl, says she, your father's old
school-fellow, has a most charming daughter—1 dare say you must know her. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... noted for her motherly vanity, skill in housewifery, and her desire be genteel.
... motherly ..."
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