Motherly Definition

Motherly Sentence Examples

• In nearly all George Sand's loves there was a strong strain of motherly feeling.

• She felt no motherly bond to the kid huddled beside her in a thick coat despite how adorable he was.

• I guess it was the motherly way it was put to me, because I said I would.

• She is very fond of children younger than herself, and a baby invariably calls forth all the motherly instincts of her nature.

• Her own life was by choice, and as far as her position would admit, one of almost austere simplicity and homeliness; and her subjects were proud of a royalty which involved none of the mischiefs of caprice or ostentation, but set an example alike of motherly sympathy and of queenly dignity.