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daughterly

daughterly adjective: relating to or characteristic of a daughter.

Adjective

daughterly (comparative more daughterly, superlative most daughterly)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
    • She had lost so much weight her magnificent head looked vulnerable on its swan-like neck, and this new delicacy, this suggestion of mortal time working on her just as it works on everybody, spoke to me more loudly than any of the old accusations of daughterly neglect ever had.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 391

daughterly meaning in Arabic

daughterly in Arabic

of or characteristic of daughters
بِنْتِيّ bintiyy

Forms of daughterly

comparativemore daughterly
superlativemost daughterly

Origin of daughterly

From daughter + -ly.

Words formed from daughterly

Questions about daughterly

What does daughterly mean?
Daughterly means relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
What is daughterly in Arabic?
Daughterly in Arabic is بِنْتِيّ (bintiyy). See Daughterly meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is daughterly?
Daughterly is an adjective.

Words near daughterly in the dictionary

  1. daughterlessness
  2. daughterlike
  3. daughterliness
  4. daughterling
  5. daughterlings
  6. daughterly
  7. daughterness
  8. daughters
  9. daughters of bitches
  10. daughters of Eve
  11. daughters of God

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