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daughterly
[ daw-ter-lee ]
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- daughter·li·ness noun
- un·daughter·ly adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daughterly1
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Example Sentences
As for the Country Girl, we are far from suggesting a separation between the motherly and the daughterly ideals.
She had numberless daughterly ways which none but those unused to them like him would have observed.
A charming little scene of daughterly devotion, worthy a paragraph if there were a journalist in sight!
Right daughterly did Hilda show herself that day, and Faith herself could hardly have been more tender and helpful.
It was a smile of almost daughterly sympathy and comradeship, friendly and innocent, and wholly irresistible.
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