stepmother
noun
the wife, by a later marriage, of one's parent.
stepmotherly
-
a word derived from
stepmother.
Example Sentences
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All the friends he knew and loved had gone, leaving him in the somewhat stepmotherly charge of a caretaker from the village, who was supposed to be getting the house ready for its owner.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
But what Lisconnel often said that it "thought badder of" was the stepmotherly treatment which seemed to be the lot of the little girl Katty.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
As to stepmotherly feelings, the "injusta noverca" has passed into a proverb with all nations.
From Plutarch's Morals by Arthur Richard Shilleto
Yet Florence, by stepmotherly ingratitude, by Dante's exile, by the alienation of Petrarch, by Alberti's homeless boyhood, prepared for the race a new culture, Tuscan in origin, national by diffusion and assimilation.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
With this letter he enclosed one to Wieck's wife: "In your hands, dear lady, I lay our future happiness, and in your heart—no stepmotherly heart, I am sure."
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes
