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Meanings of sisterly in inglês

Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.

      Usage of sisterly in inglês
      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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      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
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