Definition for Motherly:

• Resembling or pertaining to a mother.

Synonyms for Motherly:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • motherly.
  •benevolent (adjective)
  • chivalrous,
  • unselfish,
  • charitable,
  • altruistic,
  • alms-giving,
  • generous,
  • benevolent,
  • munificent,
  • neighborly,
  • high-minded,
  • kind,
  • compassionate,
  • beneficent,
  • bountiful,
  • noble,
  • humanitarian,
  • philanthropic,
  • humane,
  • considerate.
  •parental (adjective)
  • patriarchal,
  • matriarchal.
  •womanly (adjective)
  • maidenly,
  • womanish,
  • matronly,
  • girlish.

• adv.

  •benevolently (adverb)
  • compassionately,
  • charitably,
  • chivalrously,
  • considerately,
  • generously,
  • humanely,
  • Beneficently,
  • kindly,
  • unselfishly,
  • benevolently,
  • altruistically.
  •paternally (adverb)
  • maternally,
  • solicitously,
  • paternally.

• n.

  •
  • daddy,
  • father,
  • fatherhood,
  • birth father,
  • birth mother,
  • custodial parent,
  • dad,
  • empty nester,
  • deadbeat dad,
  • birth parent.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • parental,
  • womanly.
  •n.
  • maternal.

Antonyms for Motherly:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    paternal.

Motherly Sentence Examples:

• My dear Jim, Julia said with motherly kindness, I know you so well!

• The minister's wife gave them all a hot supper, and hurried them off to bed with motherly authority.

Homophones for Motherly:

• mandril, mitral, Mediatorial, material, metarule, maturely, montreal, motherwell, mandrill, materiel, motorial, motor oil, mandrel, mandatorily, momentarily.