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单词 maternally
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maternallyadv.

Brit. /məˈtəːnəli/, /məˈtəːnl̩i/, U.S. /məˈtərnl̩i/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maternal adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < maternal adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier paternally adv.
1. As one's mother tongue. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > a language > [adverb] > in or as the native language
nativelya1613
vulgarlya1613
maternally1632
vernacly1673
vernacularly1808
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 116 They speake vulgarly and Maternally here the Hebrew tongue.
2. In a maternal manner; on the maternal side; with regard to a mother.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > female line or side
maternally1748
matrilineally1907
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adverb]
motherlyOE
motherlike1537
maternally1869
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. cxv. 367 But this glory, I humbly pray, that you may not be permitted to enter into..till..you have closed the eyes of Your maternally-affectionate Judith Norton.
1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots iii. iii. 54 Great Fergus was my sire's progenitor: While maternally York and Lancaster Cements our blood by beauteous Margaret.
1817 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 17 I am descended..maternally from the family of Rose of Westerclune.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 230 A brow maternally severe.
1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. xiii. 355 The heir presumptive is maternally of the house of Ardkinglass.
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The 'coon nibbled at his flesh and cried again. ‘He wants his sugar-teat,’ Fodder-wing said maternally.
1988 A. Storr School of Genius viii. 118 As often happens with the maternally deprived, Wodehouse was drawn to women older than himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1632
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