Definitions for sisterly

sisterly sis·ter·ly

Spelling: [sis-ter-lee]
IPA: /ˈsɪs tər li/

Sisterly is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in sisterly (eilrssty).

Definitions for sisterly

adjective

  1. of, like, or befitting a sister:

adverb

  1. in the manner of a sister; as a sister.

Origin of sisterly

First recorded in 1560-70; sister + -ly

Examples for sisterly

Why could he not be content with the sisterly regard she had ever felt toward him?

These 45 seconds of sisterly affection would have changed Frozen.

It had such a sisterly sound coming from this sweet creature.

Mostly, though, it's about the transformative powers of true love, of both the sisterly and romantic kind.

There was no question of kissing or in any way sealing her sisterly devotion.

The rejection of him as a lover rendered the sisterly attitude impossible.

That makes her grin a little, and she pats my hand kind of sisterly like.

The night before Jimmy first deployed, I accompanied him to a tattoo parlor for sisterly support.

Because you are the best, the most consoling, the most sisterly of beings.

She could be sisterly to him over this without suggesting to him what she could not be to him.

Word Value for sisterly
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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