His helplessness appeals to her motherly sympathy.
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Motherly
//ˈmʌðəli//
Synonyms for "motherly" (17 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- amënor adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Arabic
2 entries- أُمُومِيّ adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- أُمِّيّ adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Armenian
1 entries- մայրական adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Belarusian
2 entries- ма́тчынскі adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- мацяры́нскі adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ма́йчин adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- ма́йчински adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Catalan
1 entries- maternal adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Czech
1 entries- mateřský adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Danish
1 entries- moderlig adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Finnish
1 entries- äidillinen adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
German
1 entries- mütterlich adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִמָּהִי adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Hungarian
1 entries- anyai adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Irish
1 entries- máithriúil adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Italian
1 entries- materno adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Lithuanian
1 entries- motiniškas adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Macedonian
1 entries- мајчински adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Persian
1 entries- مادرانه adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- muttalich adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Polish
2 entries- macierzyński adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- matczyny adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Russian
1 entries- матери́нский adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- màtērinjī adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- mȁterīnskī adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- ма̀те̄ри́њӣ adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- ма̏терӣнскӣ adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Slovak
1 entries- materský adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Slovene
2 entries- materin adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- materinski adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Swedish
1 entries- moderlig adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ма́терній adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
- матери́нський adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Welsh
1 entries- mamol adj (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
That's very motherly of you.
Source: tatoeba (2886665)
Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of growing plants, harvest, and motherly love.
Source: tatoeba (3957488)
Layla's motherly instincts kicked in.
Source: tatoeba (5839230)
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