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motherly
adjective
adverb
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
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ˈmʌðəli
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adjective
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
adverb
in a maternal manner; as a mother
“she loved her students almost maternally”
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she loved her students almost maternally
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