Sisterly
['sɪstəlɪ] or ['sɪstɚli]
Definition
(adj.) like or characteristic of or befitting a sister; 'sisterly kindness'; 'sororal concern' .
Checker: Ronnie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- Really, girls, you are both to be blamed, said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was for me to guard this sisterly affection with religious care. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So fervent still was the sisterly interest I felt in Mr. Godfrey, that I never stopped to ask myself why he was not at the concert. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And burning to lay herself upon the shrine of sisterly devotion, she sat down to settle that point. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The expression of your sisterly interest is so beautiful—Tom should be so proud of it—I know this is inexcusable, but I am so compelled to admire. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- 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.
- Sisterly love, retorted Helena, looking at him with an undeniable frown. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Her sisterly tenderness could not but surmount other feelings at this moment, and her fears were the fears of affection. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I put this view before him in a few simple and sisterly words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I ran up to her and made all sorts of sisterly offers through the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For Mrs. Bulstrode had a true sisterly feeling for her brother; always thinking that he might have married better, but wishing well to the children. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I came to the time when I first saw my dear girl and was received into that sisterly affection which was the grace and beauty of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I observed that she always spoke of you as 'Fanny,' which she was never used to do; and it had a sound of most sisterly cordiality. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I had a real tenderness and sisterly affection for Worcester at that time. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My sisterly form of address checked him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I like to have you tell me my faults and be sisterly, so don't mind if I am grumpy sometimes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I think it would not be very likely to promote sisterly affection or delicacy of mind. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Editor: Roxanne