MOTHERLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motherliness mean? 

• MOTHERLINESS (noun)
  The noun MOTHERLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

  Familiarity information: MOTHERLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHERLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

maternal quality; maternalism; maternity; motherliness

Context example:

the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children

Hypernyms ("motherliness" is a kind of...):

parental quality (a quality appropriate to a parent)

Attribute:

maternal (characteristic of a mother)

Derivation:

motherly (befitting a mother; warm and nurturing)