What does sisterly mean?
Sisterly means Of or characteristic of sisters..
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/ˈsɪstəli/ · adjective
Of or characteristic of sisters..
Poor Mary [Austin] will do her very best and sisterliest for you. A kinder soul is not in the Earth.
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.
"What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"
Use sisterly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sisterly means Of or characteristic of sisters..
Common synonyms include sororal, sisterlike.
Possible antonyms include fraternal, brotherly, brotherlike.
Poor Mary [Austin] will do her very best and sisterliest for you. A kinder soul is not in the Earth.
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