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
And when she accompanied Mrs. MacGregor to church on the following Sunday, she looked with a secret sisterliness at the girls she had envied and disliked.
From The Purple Heights by Marie Conway Oemler
And naturally Eva Harracles herself could not suggest that Richard should sally out and leave his sister alone on this night specially devoted to sisterliness and brotherliness.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
