sisterly
adjective
of, like, or befitting a sister.
sisterliness
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a word derived from
sisterly.
Example Sentences
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It highlights black women’s physique, their talent, their entrepreneurial desires, their ability to think on their feet — their sisterliness, their positivity, their capacity to smile and smile and smile.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
You’d call it sisterliness, if that didn’t sound so my-pal-the-Hollywood-star deluded.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2016
I would never argue that a feminist had to be sisterly, any more than sisterliness does anything for feminism.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
I glared, but with one look of hurt sisterliness she melted me.
From The Cavalier by George Washington Cable
Calmed by my words and touched by my sisterliness, she wiped her eyes, and taking my hand, led me gently away.
From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt
