ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unsisterly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unsisterly is an adjective meaning Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.

Meaning

Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.

Example Sentences

Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan.
Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unbrotherly, unsisterlike, unfraternal, unkindredly, unbrotherlike, unsistered.

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