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maternalistically

maternalistically adverb: in a maternalistic fashion.

Adverb

maternalistically (comparative more maternalistically, superlative most maternalistically)

  1. In a maternalistic fashion.

Forms of maternalistically

comparativemore maternalistically
superlativemost maternalistically

Origin of maternalistically

From maternalistic + -ally.

Questions about maternalistically

What does maternalistically mean?
Maternalistically means in a maternalistic fashion.
What part of speech is maternalistically?
Maternalistically is an adverb.

Words near maternalistically in the dictionary

  1. maternalising
  2. maternalism
  3. maternalisms
  4. maternalist
  5. maternalistic
  6. maternalistically
  7. maternalists
  8. maternality
  9. maternalization
  10. maternalize
  11. maternalized

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