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DAUGHTERLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daughterly mean?
• DAUGHTERLY (adjective)
The adjective DAUGHTERLY has 1 sense:
1. befitting a daughter
Familiarity information: DAUGHTERLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting a daughter
Context example:
daughterly affection
Similar:
filial (relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring)
Derivation:
daughter (a female human offspring)
Context examples
It was better still to see Amy pay him the daughterly duty and affection which completely won his old heart, and best of all, to watch Laurie revolve about the two, as if never tired of enjoying the pretty picture they made.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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