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English Dictionary: motherly	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motherly adv in a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally" Synonym(s): maternally, motherly adj befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motherly \Moth"erly\, a. [AS. m[d3]dorlic.] Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly* authority, love, or care. --Hooker. Syn: Maternal; paternal. Usage: {Motherly}, {Maternal}. Motherly, being Anglo-Saxon, is the most familiar word of the two when both have the same meaning. Besides this, maternal is confined to the feelings of a mother toward her own children, whereas motherly has a secondary sense, denoting a care like that of a mother for her offspring. There is, perhaps, a growing tendency thus to separate the two, confining motherly to the latter signification. [bd]They termed her the great mother, for her motherly care in cherishing her brethren whilst young.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motherly \Moth"er*ly\, adv. In a manner of a mother.