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Webster 1913 Edition


Sisterly

Sis′ter-ly

,
Adj.
Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate;
as,
sisterly
kindness;
sisterly
remorse.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Sisterly

SIS'TERLY

,
Adj.
Like a sister; becoming a sister; affectionate; as sisterly kindness.

Definition 2024


sisterly

sisterly

English

Adjective

sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)

  1. Of or characteristic of sisters.
    • 2011, Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 4 May 2011:
      Burton designed both Middleton sisters' dresses in white, so that when Pippa picked up Kate's train in the abbey, the two of them were united, visually, in a display of sisterly togetherness.

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Adverb

sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)

  1. In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
    • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
      "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"

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