MOTHERLINESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does motherliness mean? • MOTHERLINESS (noun)
The noun MOTHERLINESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
Familiarity information: MOTHERLINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOTHERLINESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
maternal quality; maternalism; motherliness; maternity
Context example:
the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
Hypernyms ("motherliness" is a kind of...):
parental quality (a quality appropriate to a parent)
Attribute:
maternal (characteristic of a mother)
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