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Meanings of sisterly in English

Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.

Usage of sisterly in English
1
It was such a sisterly moment, Jane thought they might actually embrace.
Austenland
2
The simple sisterly kindness and silent sympathy soothed Marie after a time.
Ships That Pass in the Night
3
The starving sisterly love in her hungered for a trace of Anne.
Man and Wife
4
Right there, alongside the sisterly fondness I feel for him, is pity.
The day the falls stood still
5
The rejection of him as a lover rendered the sisterly attitude impossible.
Michael
6
For once, Maria and Zo showed a sisterly similarity in their feelings.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
7
Elisabeth laughed again as she patted his arm in a sisterly fashion.
The Farringdons
8
He accepted with a cold dismay the sisterly anxiety of her attitude.
The Abandoned Room
9
No, it must have been the sisterly love that breached my defences.
The Irish Times
10
The other nymphs, wood and water, giggled and shook with sisterly affection.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
11
Coralie looked at me, with sweet, sisterly anxiety shining in her eyes.
Coralie / Everyday Life Library No. 2
12
Margaery smiled at Ser Loras; a sweet sisterly smile, full of fondness.
A feast for crows
13
Thee changed a blind impulse into an abiding trust and sisterly affection.
A Day of Fate
14
His kindly expression as he rose expected a word of sisterly assent.
The Marriage of William Ashe
15
Hurna's voice is hearty and forgiving, brimming over with dull-witted sisterly affection.
Voice of the Fire
16
It was as though they had always had a sisterly end-of-day chat.
Atonement
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Sisterly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common