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Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

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Definitions

  1. a. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.
  2. adj. like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
  3. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
  4. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterlykindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
  5. j:100 a. like or characteristic of or befitting a sister