Sisterly love is among the strongest of all.
Source: tatoeba (867813)
Sisterly
//ˈsɪstəli//
Synonyms for "sisterly" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أُخْتِيّ adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Armenian
1 entries- քույրական adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Belarusian
1 entries- сястры́нскі adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Bulgarian
1 entries- се́стрински adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Czech
1 entries- sesterský adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
French
3 entries- de sœur adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- sororal adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- sororel adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Georgian
2 entries- დური adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- დურად adv (like a sister)
German
4 entries- geschwisterlich adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- schwesterlich adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- geschwisterlich adv (like a sister)
- schwesterlich adv (like a sister)
Latin
1 entries- sororius adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Macedonian
1 entries- сестрински adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Polish
1 entries- siostrzany adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Romanian
3 entries- ca de soră adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- de soră adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- ca o soră adv (like a sister)
Russian
2 entries- се́стринский adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- по-се́стрински adv (like a sister)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sèstrīnski adv (like a sister)
Slovak
1 entries- sesterský adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Spanish
1 entries- sororal adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сестри́нський adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
Volapük
4 entries- gemik adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- jigemik adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- sörik adj (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)
- gemiko adv (like a sister)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Our sisterly bond is everlasting.
Source: tatoeba (5907350)
Burton designed both Middleton sisters' dresses in white, so that when Pippa picked up Kate's train in the abbey, the two of them were united, visually, in a display of sisterly togetherness.
Source: wiktionary
"What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"
Source: wiktionary
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