单词	motherly
释义	motherlymoth‧er‧ly /ˈmʌðəli $ -ðər-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Don't worry," Laura said in a gentle motherly way. motherly advice a kind, motherly woman Miss Gilbert was motherly but firm, an excellent teacher for the lower forms. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All Molly's motherly instincts erupted when she saw what it was. But motherly warmth turns cold beside the journalistic revulsion the Molinari gambit provokes. Charles found himself muttering to the motherly dresser, who handed him his hat. From an attitude of generosity, warm feeling and motherly goodness, she now had shifted into a mood of high hilarity. If images do not appear as motherly they can not be Goddesses. Impotently, she held both her arms wide in a gesture of motherly love, as though this would comfort him. Marguerite was not exactly a motherly woman, but she was in some way comfortable. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorbehaving in a kind and caring way like a mother► maternal · Aunt Mary was a large, maternal woman who worked as a nurse in a children's hospital.maternal towards · The older girls seemed to feel quite maternal towards the younger ones. ► motherly behaving like a mother, especially by being very kind and looking after people: · "Don't worry," Laura said in a gentle motherly way.· Miss Gilbert was motherly but firm, an excellent teacher for the lower forms. Word family WORD FAMILYnounmothermotherhoodmotheringadjectivemotherlymotherlessverbmother a motherly woman is loving and kind, like a good mother → maternal:  her motherly instincts She was a plump, motherly woman in her fifties.—motherliness noun [uncountable]
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