motherly
adjective
pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal.
unmotherly
-
a word derived from
motherly.
Example Sentences
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I hear Britney picked up some fairly unmotherly tips from you.
From Time Magazine Archive
MacLaine is not only actress, dancer, author, traveler, political activist, feminist, ex-wife and deliberately unmotherly mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
As sure as I knew Cecile was crazy and unmotherly, I knew I must stop Fern.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
A mother's name is but a hollow sound When all her doings are unmotherly.
From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Goldwin Smith
In the next room lay the motionless form of the unmotherly mother.
From There & Back by George MacDonald
