maternal
adjective
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother.
quasi-maternal
-
a word derived from
maternal.
Example Sentences
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Wilson’s Sarah is heroic, particularly given her self-doubting nature and quasi-maternal motives, but Thompson makes Zoë, for all her failings and regrets, an instant icon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Freema Agyeman plays the Nurse, the affable go-between who enables the lovers’ forbidden affair, with a fine blend of sassy assertiveness and quasi-maternal tenderness.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
Walters shows how Bella, initially a kind of rival to the quasi-maternal Gloria, in effect becomes a caring mum for her.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2020
She bent low over him with quasi-maternal devotion.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2017
And then she said a word or two about the general in terms which made me almost think that this quasi-maternal love extended itself beyond the children.
From Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) by Laurence Oliphant
