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motherlike

motherlike adjective: having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.

Adjective

motherlike (comparative more motherlike, superlative most motherlike)

  1. Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.

Forms of motherlike

comparativemore motherlike
superlativemost motherlike

Origin of motherlike

From mother + -like.

Questions about motherlike

What does motherlike mean?
Motherlike means having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
What part of speech is motherlike?
Motherlike is an adjective.

Words near motherlike in the dictionary

  1. motherkins
  2. motherland
  3. motherlands
  4. motherless
  5. motherlessness
  6. motherlike
  7. motherlily
  8. motherline
  9. motherlines
  10. motherliness
  11. motherling

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