What does motherly mean?

motherly means "befitting a mother; warm and nurturing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in motherly?

motherly has 3 syllables: mot-her-ly. The stress falls on "mot". In IPA it is /ˈmʌðɚli/.

What is another word for motherly?

Close synonyms include maternally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is motherly a common word?

motherly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

motherly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
Similarmaternal

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a maternal manner; as a mother
“she loved her students almost maternally”
Synonymsmaternally

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What does motherly mean?: motherly means "befitting a mother; warm and nurturing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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