单词 | daughterlike |
释义 | daughterlikeadj.adv. A. adj. Resembling or characteristic of a daughter; daughterly. ΚΠ 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 541 The rare example of daughter-like pietie [Fr. pieté filiale]. 1653 J. Day Truth shut out of Doors 6 Such an afternoons drinking, as pleased their Herodias daughter-like hearts. 1807 C. Lamb Tales from Shakespear I. 191 Cordelia..would have plainly told him so at any other time, in more daughter-like and loving terms. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xlvii. 485 My niece was kiender daughter-like to me. 1914 ‘A. Hope’ Young Man's Year in Munsey's Mag. Oct. 124/1 She is daughterlike in her affection and simplicity. 1994 J. Church Transcendent Daughters iv. 90 A daughterlike Caliban accuses Prospero of betrayal of the mother's island. B. adv. In a daughterly manner; like a daughter. rare. ΚΠ 1844 D. Rock Did Early Church in Ireland acknowledge Pope's Supremacy? 68 The Irish Church, then in her youth, paying, daughterlike, a respectful obedience..to her Roman mother. 1891 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 23 Apr. 2/3 I'm a deal more fashionable... Maisie is all for fixing me up, daughterlike. 1994 I. Asimov I, Asimov cxiii. 349 I loved her as another mother of my own, and though Janet, daughterlike, sometimes complained about her, I never did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1586 |
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