On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Motherly. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as maternal or maternally and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Motherly meaning
Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
Synonyms of Motherly
Using Motherly
- The main meaning on this page is: Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
- Useful related words include: maternal, maternally.
- In the example corpus, motherly often appears in combinations such as: motherly advice, her motherly, and motherly.
Context around Motherly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Motherly
- In this selection, "motherly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, step, answered, best, advice, instincts and treatment stand out and add context to how "motherly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a best motherly advice social and and the motherly instincts i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "motherly" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with motherly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were taunted for neglecting their motherly duties. (8 words)
This strong motherly bond is unique among turtles. (8 words)
Her soothing words of motherly advice to me over time still rings in my ears. (15 words)
She was not very big but her motherly appearance belied a 'No Messin' attitude to any inebriated customers who staggered through the doors late on a Saturday evening looking for a bagful of fish ‘n’ chips to soak up a bellyful of beer. (43 words)
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student. (39 words)
He recently received massive praises and blessings from the chief and people of Ashaiman when he donated $500 to the Motherly Love Foundation to help care for children with HIV on September 4, 2020. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the answers suggested, many of the over 9,000 women who answered Motherly’s survey to spend time at home with children.
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit: The chain is holding a “Best Motherly Advice” social media contest through May 14. The prize is a $150 gift card, according to a news release.
Obadun quoted the bereaved monarch as saying, “She was loved by all members of the Ikudoro Ruling House Family, and the whole palace will no doubt miss her love and motherly counselling.
While the real-life Phyllis was motherly and homely, Cate's Hollywood glamour was certainly a reinvention of history.
At 50, I'm old enough to be your mum, so here's some motherly advice.
He said BJP has been exposed across the country due to its step-motherly role to other faiths.
I wondered if I should even have children, given the example I’d had and the motherly instincts I was sure I’d inherited.
Motherly instincts have merely been bureaucratized, resulting in every woman either being cooped up in an office doing meaningless paperwork or cooped up in a shoebox apartment making OnlyFans content.
She was not very big but her motherly appearance belied a 'No Messin' attitude to any inebriated customers who staggered through the doors late on a Saturday evening looking for a bagful of fish ‘n’ chips to soak up a bellyful of beer.
They were taunted for neglecting their motherly duties.
Tucker and her half-sister Dahliya, whose father was Mokeme’s ex-husband, said Mokeme was more than a motherly figure — she was their best friend and fiercest advocate.
He recently received massive praises and blessings from the chief and people of Ashaiman when he donated $500 to the Motherly Love Foundation to help care for children with HIV on September 4, 2020.
Kurmodzie praised Nare for her commendable wifely and motherly qualities despite her flamboyant outlook she poses.
The miracle child Floki and Helga had was taken by the cold winds of winter, leaving Helga's motherly desire to override her reason, leading to her untimely death by an orphan.
This strong motherly bond is unique among turtles.
Her big number, “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” was inspired by the motherly advice she had given her son.
Her soothing words of motherly advice to me over time still rings in my ears.
The Congress president has alleged that his constituency has been receiving step-motherly treatment ever since the BJP-led government came to power at the Centre, with various development works being stalled.
Udhampur: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress party, National Conference (NC), and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of meting out step-motherly treatment to Jammu and Ladakh regions while being in power.
Common combinations with motherly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: