motherly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌðəli/    美 /ˈmʌðɚli/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
    — Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life[…]
副词 adv.
  1. In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother.
    — The mother sometime beateth the child, but yet her hart melteth vpon it euen in the very beating, and therefore she casteth the rodde into the fier, and colleth the childe, geueth it an apple and dandleth it moste motherly.

词形变化

more motherly comparative most motherly superlative more motherly comparative most motherly superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.
词源 2
From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.
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