Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.

    suggestive of or acting like a mother

Origin

From mother + -like.

From mother + -like.

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Forms

more motherlike, most motherlike
Comparativemore motherlike Lesson
Superlativemost motherlike Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfatherlike

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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