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Definition of Motherlike
1. Adjective. Suggestive of or acting like a mother.
Definition of Motherlike
1. Adjective. having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motherlike
Literary usage of Motherlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... northern latitude; N. motherlike; 2. on the mother's side; R. SOt-hit, /.
motherliness. ... motherlike ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... Mane Grasp-them-all, and Mane the Loquacious. Rapine was wrought by them.
As to Mane motherlike and Mane ..."
3. Modern Educators and Their Ideals by Tadasu Misawa (1909)
"The child is childlike toward you, because you behave motherlike toward him; the
more you are motherlike, the more childlike he is " (16: x, p. 145). ..."
4. Epic and Saga: The Song of Roland; The Desstruction of Dá Derga's Hostel by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... Mane Grasp-them-all, and Mane the Loquacious. Rapine was wrought by them.
As to Mane motherlike and Mane ..."
5. Epic and Saga: Beowulf; The Song of Roland; The Destruction of Dá Derga's (1910)
"... Mane Grasp-them-all, and Mane the Loquacious. Rapine was wrought by them.
As to Mane motherlike and Mane ..."
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