Definitions for daughterly

daughterly daugh·ter·ly

Spelling: [daw-ter-lee]
IPA: /ˈdɔ tər li/

Daughterly is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points.

You can make 678 anagrams from letters in daughterly (adeghlrtuy).

Definitions for daughterly

adjective

  1. pertaining to, befitting, or like a daughter.

Origin of daughterly

First recorded in 1525-35; daughter + -ly

Examples for daughterly

All that you feel for me is respect and gratitude and daughterly affection.

The letters are charming expressions of paternal and daughterly affection.

"And daughterly affection from you is an adequate return," he said pleasantly.

It was altogether a friendly and daughterly class of feeling with which she regarded Father Bruno.

Nettie had called him Pop and joked with him and almost flirted with him in a daughterly sort of way.

As for the Country Girl, we are far from suggesting a separation between the motherly and the daughterly ideals.

In a daughterly way, she placed the bunch of dwarf-roses in his bosom, and took very careful notice whether it pleased him.

Not a very ladylike or daughterly speech, but shockingly true.

But in answer to this little burst of daughterly love, a strange thing happened.

It was more for her own wicked ends than for daughterly love, Granny herself had said.

Word Value for daughterly
Scrable

18

Words with friends

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