Unsisterly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.

    "[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you."

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"[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you."

Etymology

From un- + sisterly.

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