unsisterly
English
Etymology
un- + sisterly
Adjective
unsisterly (comparative more unsisterly, superlative most unsisterly)
- Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 43, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:
- […] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.
- 1817 December, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 1818, OCLC 318384910:
- Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
- 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, Chapter 1,
- Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan.
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Derived terms
- unsisterliness