Usage of "brotherly" | TermGallery

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fraternal

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fraternal

Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother.

sisterly

fraternal

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fraternal
brotherlike

Examples for "fraternal"

Just a sense of being buoyed along the fraternal rush, the belonging. 
 The Girls 

Delighted because she was glad to see her fraternal twin so happy. 
 A vote of confidence 

Her son adored her; their souls understood each other with fraternal sympathy. 
 The Recruit 

Even from this universal fraternal bond the looked-for result does not appear. 
 Foundations of World Unity 

That results when fraternal twins share some portion of the same placenta. 
 Spider Bones 

The intercourse of the Emperors assumed by degrees the appearance of a brotherlike intimacy. 
 The History of Napoleon Buonaparte 

By a conduct honorable toward the Greeks, pious to the gods, brotherlike among themselves, they justly attained a high prosperity. 
 The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes / Literally tr... 

"Pardon me, Tom," said Kenelm softened, and laying his hand on his friend's shoulder with brotherlike tenderness. 
 Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 07 

Usage of brotherly in English

And Harlson laughed and looked down in the brotherly way he had. 
 A Man and a Woman 

She had accepted him in all good faith in a brotherly sense. 
 Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod 

Think of the one thing that brings these two brotherly agencies together. 
 Man in the Middle 

May brotherly love prevail, and every moral and social virtue cement us. 
 The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th... 

Gerald took the trembling figure in his arms with a brotherly kiss. 
 The Long Vacation 

The measure of our purity is the measure of our brotherly love. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter... 

Twentieth century Irish writing has a few brotherly relationships to its name. 
 The Irish Times 

Now this king Kî In his heart was full of brotherly duty. 
 The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry / From the Sacred Books of the... 

Malcolm was beside her, and in his kindest and most brotherly mood. 
 Herb of Grace 

Hinton's book appealed to me because of the focus on brotherly relationships. 
 The Guardian 

Thank you, old fellow, for the brotherly interest you take in me. 
 The Fallen Leaves 

He speaks volumes on the subject of brotherly love and self sacrifice. 
 A Wiccan Bible 

It is very noble in you-verybrotherly, as between men of medicine. 
 Captain Blood 

He returned only ambiguous phrases to the most pressing and brotherly urging. 
 Saint Augustin 

That shadow is limited to the purely economic aspect of brotherly responsibilities. 
 The Family and its Members 

But dissentions arose-distrustand embittered feelings took the place of brotherly love. 
 History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ... 