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unsisterly

unsisterly adjective: not sisterly; not befitting a sister.

Adjective

unsisterly (comparative more unsisterly, superlative most unsisterly)

  1. Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
    • […] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 43, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    • Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December...

Forms of unsisterly

comparativemore unsisterly
superlativemost unsisterly

Origin of unsisterly

From un- + sisterly.

Words formed from unsisterly

Questions about unsisterly

What does unsisterly mean?
Unsisterly means not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
What part of speech is unsisterly?
Unsisterly is an adjective.

Words near unsisterly in the dictionary

  1. unsister
  2. unsistered
  3. unsistering
  4. unsisterlike
  5. unsisterliness
  6. unsisterly
  7. unsisters
  8. unsisting
  9. unsittable
  10. unsitting
  11. unsituated

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