'Maternally' definitions:

Definition of 'maternally'

From: WordNet
adverb
In a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally" [syn: maternally, motherly]

Definition of 'Maternally'

From: GCIDE
  • Maternally \Ma*ter"nal*ly\, adv. In a motherly manner. [1913 Webster]