sisterly

Speech parts

1. sisterly - Adjective

2. sisterly - Adverb

Meaning

Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sororal sisterlike brotherhood fraternal brotherly brother sister warm familiar friendly maternal tender akin paternal loving
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Antonyms

brotherly brotherhood fraternal contentious platonic brotherlike
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Anagrams

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Examples

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world. Cyril Cusack

Thus attired, with smiles assumed at the door, the young ladies entered the drawing-room in the full fervour of sisterly animosity. Robert Smith Surtees

Edma painted a portrait of Berthe the artist about this time [1860-61]. It is not only a sisterly dedication, it is an important statement. Berthe stands before her easel, her right hand central to the picture, poised to touch her palette with a brush. The pretty round-faced girl had vanished. Berthe Morisot

sisterly kindness Source: Internet

sororal concern Source: Internet

TORONTO — A graphic novel, a work of experimental fiction and a sisterly collaboration are among the genre-bending reads in the running for Ontario’s Trillium Book Award. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sisterlike sisterliness sisterlocks sisterly love Sisters of the Holy Cross sisters three