motherly
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmʌðəli/
motherly
- Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:
- Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life.
- German: mütterlich
- Italian: materno
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