motherly
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
Related & opposite
- maternalism derivation
- mother derivation
- maternal similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in a maternal manner; as a mother
she loved her students almost maternally
Related & opposite
- maternal derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternalism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | maternal |