Motherly

Examples

• I foresee trouble for that girl--perhaps want of motherly care--and I only wish you to be ready to be a friend to her, in case she needs one. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She seemed to have a certain confidence in Gerald, and to feel a certain motherly mistrust of him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There she was, doing all this in a quiet motherly manner as if she were living in Mrs. Blinder's attic with Tom and Emma again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• For motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children's faces. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• With a motherly tenderness the gaunt woman put her arm round her mistress and led her from the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bless you both, my dears, and don't quarrel, said Mrs. Vincy, with motherly cordiality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Whimple, said Herbert, when I told him so, is the best of housewives, and I really do not know what my Clara would do without her motherly help. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Laurence watches over us like a motherly old hen, as Jo says, and Laurie is very kind and neighborly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You--every woman older than herself, must feel for such a simple, innocentgirlish fairy a sort of motherly or elder-sisterly fondness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I never saw Mrs. Yorke so motherly to any young man as she is to you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Caroline, then, is defective; but with my forming hand and almost motherly care she may improve. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She came in looking as if bears were after her, said Beth, as she cuddled her sister's feet with a motherly air. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And _she_ appears so truly goodthere is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My Lady, with that motherly touch of the famous ironmaster night, lays her hand upon her dark hair and gently keeps it there. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, now, that's onlucky, said the woman, whose motherly sympathies were much aroused; I'm re'lly consarned for ye. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• You will be under the care of a motherly good sort of woman, of whose kindness to you I can have no doubt. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Then he's as good as gold, said the little creature--Oh, in such a motherly, womanly way! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I'm very sorry you were disappointed, dear, but we all did our best to satisfy you, said Mrs. March, in a tone full of motherly regret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Editor: Matt