'Sisterly' definitions:
Definition of 'sisterly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister; "sisterly kindness"; "sororal concern" [syn: sisterly, sisterlike, sororal] [ant: brotherlike, brotherly, fraternal]
Definition of 'Sisterly'
From: GCIDE
- Sisterly \Sis"ter*ly\, a. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sisterly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- amicable,
- brotherly,
- congenial,
- favorable,
- fraternal,
- friendlike,
- friendly,
- harmonious,
- kind,
- neighborlike,
- neighborly,
- peaceable,
- pleasant,
- simpatico,
- sociable,
- sympathique,
- unhostile,
- well-affected,
- well-disposed,
- well-intentioned,
- well-meaning,
- well-meant
Words containing 'Sisterly'
- Sister,
- Sistering,
- Sisters,
- Sisters, OR,
- Foster sister,
- Full sister,
- Sister Bay,
- Sister Block,
- Sister hooks,
- Sister of charity,
- Sister of mercy,
- Sisters of Charity,
- Sisters of Mercy,
- Weird Sisters,
- big sister,
- bronte sisters,
- half sister,
- little sister,
- sister ship,
- sob sister,
- the seven sisters,
- uterine sister,
- weak sister,
- weird sister,
- Half-sister,
- Little Sisters of the Poor,
- Sister Bay, WI,
- Sister-in-law,
- Sisters of Charity of Montreal,
- Sisters-in-law,
- foster-sister