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sisterly love

sisterly love is the feminine variant of brotherly love.

Meaning of brotherly love

Noun

brotherly love (uncountable)

  1. A kindly and lenient attitude towards others.
    • Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate; but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
    Synonyms:
    agape

Questions about sisterly love

What is sisterly love the feminine variant of?
Sisterly love is the feminine variant of brotherly love.

Words near sisterly love in the dictionary

  1. sisterliest
  2. sisterlike
  3. sisterliness
  4. sisterlocks
  5. sisterly
  6. sisterly love
  7. sistern
  8. sisters
  9. Sisters Beach
  10. sisters before misters
  11. Sisters Creek

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