Synonyms:
motherly
Meaning: befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
maternally, motherly
Meaning: in a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally"
Usage examples
Mrs. Ware might be excused for the little air of motherly pride with which she gazed at her five.
She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me.
'Come here, come directly, it's Miss Hale!' And then she went up to Margaret, and shook her hands with motherly fondness.
She was kindly natured, fond of young girls and cared for her pupils with motherly instincts seldom possessed by those in similar positions.
After that, motherly reproach, fatherly inquiry, plenteous bread and milk, many eager explanations and much descriptive narrative simultaneously uttered by two mouths eager both to eat and to talk.
The kind motherly nature of Miss W---, and the small number of the girls, made the establishment more like a private family than a school. Moreover, she was a native of the district immediately surrounding Roe Head, as were the majority of her pupils.
She was a plain, motherly kind of woman, who had worked hard in her youth, and now thought herself entitled to the occasional holiday of a tea-visit; and having formerly owed much to Mr. Woodhouse's kindness, felt his particular claim on her to leave her neat parlour, hung round with fancy-work, whenever she could, and win or lose a few sixpences by his fireside.
She was a plain, motherly kind of woman, who had worked hard in her youth, and now thought herself entitled to the occasional holiday of a tea-visit; and having formerly owed much to Mr. Woodhouse's kindness, felt his particular claim on her to leave her neat parlour, hung round with fancy-work, whenever she could, and win or lose a few sixpences by his fireside.