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Adjective: motherly  mú-dhu-lee
  1. Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
Adverb: motherly  mú-dhu-lee
  1. In a maternal manner; as a mother
    "she loved her students almost motherly"
    - maternally

See also: maternal, mother, motherliness

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