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What does motherly mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word motherly? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
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The older woman waved even as she welcomed her son home with a motherly hug.
Just as women's motherly character was decoupled from their reproductive role, female love was dissociated from female sexuality.
She was highly protective of him, in an almost motherly way, although she was only three years older than him.
She smiled understandingly, tucking some hair behind my ear in an almost motherly sort of way.
Kidnappers just do not put up with disapproving glances and motherly clucks.
Her appearance was motherly, and she had an aura about her that just seemed to welcome Katherine in.

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