sisterly

sisterly

English

Etymology

From sister +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstəli/
• Homophone: systole (in non-rhotic accents)

Adjective

sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)

1. Of or characteristic of sisters.
   • 2011, Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 4 May 2011:

     Burton designed both Middleton sisters' dresses in white, so that when Pippa picked up Kate's train in the abbey, the two of them were united, visually, in a display of sisterly togetherness.

Translations

of or characteristic of a sister or sisters

Arabic: أُخْتِيّ‎ (ʾuḵtiyy) Armenian: քույրական (hy) (kʿuyrakan) Belarusian: сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski) Bulgarian: се́стрински (séstrinski) Czech: sesterský French: de sœur (fr), sororal (fr), sororel (fr) German: schwesterlich (de), geschwisterlich (de) Latin: sororius Macedonian: сестрински (sestrinski) Polish: siostrzany (pl) Romanian: ca de soră, de soră Russian: се́стринский (ru) (séstrinskij) Slovak: sesterský Spanish: sororal Ukrainian: сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj) Volapük: sörik (vo), (♂♀) gemik (vo), (♀) jigemik

Adverb

sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)

1. In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
   • 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel‎, New York: The Macmillan Company:

     "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"

Translations

like a sister

German: schwesterlich (de), geschwisterlich (de) Romanian: ca o soră Russian: по-се́стрински (ru) (po-séstrinski) Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnski (sh) Volapük: söriko, (♂♀) gemiko, (♀) jigemiko

Related terms

• big-sisterly

Anagrams

• styliser