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单词 daughterlike
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daughterlikeadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈdɔːtəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈdɔdərˌlaɪk/, /ˈdɑdərˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: daughter n., -like suffix.
Etymology: < daughter n. + -like suffix.
A. adj.
Resembling or characteristic of a daughter; daughterly.
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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.
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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).
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