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Botcherly
Botcherly Botch"er*ly, a.
Bungling; awkward. [R.]
Brotherly
Brotherly Broth"er*ly, a.
Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for
brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as,
brotherly love.
Syn: Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender.
Brotherly
Brotherly Broth"er*ly, adv.
Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. ``I speak but
brotherly of him.' --Shak.
Butcherly
Butcherly Butch"er*ly, a.
Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman;
fell. ``The victim of a butcherly murder.' --D. Webster.
What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly
quarrel daily doth beget! --Shak.
Fatherly
Fatherly Fa"ther*ly, a.
1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender;
protecting; careful.
You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. --Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to a father.
Featherly
Featherly Feath"er*ly, a.
Like feathers. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Grandfatherly
Grandfatherly Grand"fa"ther*ly, a.
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant;
indulgent.
He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. --Hawthorne.
Grandmotherly
Grandmotherly Grand"moth"er*ly, a.
Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
Litherly
Litherly Li"ther*ly, a.
Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous;
lazy.[Archaic]
He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. --Sir
W. Scott.
MotherlyMotherly Moth"er*ly, a. [AS. m[=o]dorlic.]
Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a
mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or
care. --Hooker.
Syn: Maternal; paternal.
Usage: Motherly, Maternal. Motherly, being Anglo-Saxon,
is the most familiar word of the two when both have
the same meaning. Besides this, maternal is confined
to the feelings of a mother toward her own children,
whereas motherly has a secondary sense, denoting a
care like that of a mother for her offspring. There
is, perhaps, a growing tendency thus to separate the
two, confining motherly to the latter signification.
``They termed her the great mother, for her motherly
care in cherishing her brethren whilst young.' --Sir
W. Raleigh. Motherly
Motherly Moth"er*ly, adv.
In a manner of a mother.
Northerly
Northerly North"er*ly, a.
Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the
north; northern.
Northerly
Northerly North"er*ly, adv.
Toward the north.
South southerlySouth southerly South` south"er*ly (Zo["o]l.)
the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called
also southerly, and southerland. See under Old. southerlySouth southerly South` south"er*ly (Zo["o]l.)
the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called
also southerly, and southerland. See under Old. Southerly
Southerly South"er*ly (?; 277), a.
Southern.
southerly busterBrickfielder Brick"field`er, n. [Australia]
1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest
wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot
wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly
buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so
called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust
into the city.
2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north. Weatherly
Weatherly Weath"er*ly, a. (Naut.)
Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly
ship. --Cooper.
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