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Daughterly

Daughterly \Daugh"ter*ly\, a. Becoming a daughter; filial.

Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him.
--Cavendish.

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daughterly

a. Of or relating to the characteristics of a daughter.

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daughterly

adj. befitting a daughter; "daughterly affection"

Usage examples of "daughterly".

Anastasia greeted her with a cheeriness perhaps exaggerated by the situation, declaring that she had a few daughterly matters to discuss, and that it had anyhow been too long since they'd last chatted.

April Elgar had turned into May Johnson, in sloppy dressing gown and old mules, hair disarrayed and a daughterly whine.

It pierces my heart, their little entr’actes, their attempts to amuse or divert Tom and me, to assure us that they are still here, willing to be regulation daughters, to keep up with the daughterly routines, school, friends, family dinners, basketball practice, the swim team.

Deering with an emotion that suited her thanks, and Miss Gage with a touch of something daughterly toward me that I thought pretty.