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Sonly

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.

    "There's something sonly in each human being; but how well he hides it, and how unskillful we are at finding it! This "something sonly" is the vacuum of our hearts — a yearning emptiness that strains to be filled with Christ."

Etymology

From Middle English sonely, equivalent to son + -ly. Compare Dutch zoonlijk, German söhnlich, Swedish sonlig.

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