sisterly en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪstəli/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōrder. Proto-Germanic *swestēr Proto-West Germanic *swester Old English sweostor Middle English suster English sister Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English sisterly From sister + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Meanings
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Of or characteristic of sisters.
Burton designed both Middleton sisters' dresses in white, so that when Pippa picked up Kate's train in the abbey, the two of them were united, visually, in a display of sisterly togetherness.
2011 May 4, Jane Martinson, The Guardian:Poor Mary [Austin] will do her very best and sisterliest for you. A kinder soul is not in the Earth.
1864 July 14, Thomas Carlyle, “1853–1856. Illness and Death of Carlyle’s Mother. Suffolk. Kinloch Luichart”, in Trudy Bliss, editor, Thomas Carlyle: Letters to His Wife, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1953, →OCLC, page 368:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sisterlier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sisterly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sisterly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| sisterliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sisterly love · unsisterly · sisterliness
Translations (23)
la sororius (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · de schwesterlich (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · ru се́стринский (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · de geschwisterlich (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · mk сестрински (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · es sororal (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · pl siostrzany (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · be сястры́нскі (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · ka დური (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · fr sororal (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · sk sesterský (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · ar أُخْتِيّ (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · hy քույրական (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · vo jigemik (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · vo gemik (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · vo sörik (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · cs sesterský (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · fr de sœur (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · ro de soră (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · ro ca de soră (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · uk сестри́нський (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · fr sororel (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters) · bg се́стрински (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters)