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sisterly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪstəli/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

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

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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)

sisterly en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪstəli/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

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-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English sisterly From sister + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Meanings

  1. In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
    • "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?" 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more sisterly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sisterly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

big-sisterly

Translations (9)

de schwesterlich (like a sister) · de geschwisterlich (like a sister) · sh sèstrīnski (like a sister) · ka დურად (like a sister) · ro ca o soră (like a sister) · vo gemiko (like a sister) · ru по-се́стрински (like a sister) · vo jigemiko (like a sister) · vo söriko (like a sister)