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say it: BRUHTH-ur-lee
brotherly is an adjective and adverb meaning "like or characteristic of or befitting a brother". It carries 2 recorded senses.
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
“brotherly feelings”
“close fraternal ties”
(archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner
archaism
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for brotherly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.