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Significats de motherly en anglès

In a maternal manner; as a mother.

Motherly.

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Examples for "maternally"
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Her eyes were soft and clear, and appealed maternally to his reason.
T. Tembarom
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She kissed him maternally on the forehead, then consulted his eyes again.
Down There
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Method of infant feeding was recorded prospectively by using maternally completed feeding diaries.
Pubmed
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The sponge embraces the slender mollusc so maternally that rude yawning is forbidden.
My Tropic Isle
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Most of these changes were absent or opposite in the maternally supplemented offspring.
Pubmed
Ús de motherly en anglès
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And then in my motherly home, I manage to see all humanity.
The new yorker
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You should try to get outside. Such a motherly thing to say.
The nobodies album
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In the square itself sat six motherly old souls round a lamp-post.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
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Nor could her ample presence be described as in the least motherly.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
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Thus the girl began to treat him in quite a motherly way.
A Love Episode
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Mrs. Hawley glimpsed the tears, and instantly became motherly in her manner.
Lonesome Land
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Frau Steinhart smothered Bernardine with motherly tenderness, and whispered in her ear:
Ships That Pass in the Night
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Still in her sweet motherly selfishness she could think of nobody else.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
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Noah, as the motherly form of Mrs. Noah disappeared down the companionway.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark
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She looked motherly in her cap, and Philip thought she seemed kind.
Of Human Bondage
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A dumpy, motherly somebody in a seal-skin coat and a preposterous bonnet.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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Renée rubbed her thumb over Harper's knuckles in a loving, motherly way.
The Fireman
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The kindness of her motherly friend should not bring misfortune upon her.
A Thorny Path — Volume 11
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This so pleased the old woman that her attentions became quite motherly.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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As we stopped at the doorway a stout, motherly woman filled it.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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She looked at Corelli and smiled, feeling almost motherly toward him now.
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