stepmotherly
- a word derived from stepmother.
Example Sentences
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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 Barlow, Jane
As to stepmotherly feelings, the "injusta noverca" has passed into a proverb with all nations.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
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 Hughes, Rupert
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 Symonds, John Addington
The protecting element restored to her nerves the strength which the stepmotherly earth had taken from them.
From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór
