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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōþurlīkaz, equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”).
Adjective
brotherly (comparative more brotherly, superlative most brotherly)
- Of or characteristic of brothers.
brotherly love
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 15, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate, but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.
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of or characteristic of brothers
- Arabic: أَخَوِيّ (ʔaḵawiyy)
- Armenian: եղբայրական (hy) (eġbayrakan)
- Aromanian: frãtsescu
- Azerbaijani: qardaşcasına
- Belarusian: братэ́рскі (bratérski), бра́цкі (brácki)
- Bulgarian: бра́тски (brátski)
- Czech: bratrský
- Danish: broderlig
- Dutch: broederlijk (nl)
- Finnish: veljellinen (fi)
- French: fraternel (fr)
- Georgian: ძმური (ʒmuri)
- German: brüderlich (de), geschwisterlich (de)
- Greek: αδελφικός (el) (adelfikós)
- Ancient: ἀδελφικός (adelphikós)
- Ido: fratala (io), fratatra (io)
- Irish: bráithriúil
- Old Irish: bráithremail
- Latin: frāternus
- Macedonian: братски (bratski)
- Malayalam: സാഹോദര്യ (sāhōdarya)
- Manx: braaroil
- Middle English: brotherly
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: broderlig
- Old English: brōþorlīċ
- Polish: braterski (pl)
- Portuguese: fraterno (pt), fraternal (pt)
- Romanian: frățesc (ro), fratern (ro)
- Russian: бра́тский (ru) (brátskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: bràithreil
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бра̀тскӣ
- Roman: bràtskī (sh)
- Slovak: bratský
- Slovene: bratski
- Spanish: fraternal (es), fraterno (es)
- Swedish: broderlig (sv)
- Turkish: kardeşçe (tr)
- Ukrainian: брате́рський (uk) (bratérsʹkyj), бра́тський (uk) (brátsʹkyj), бра́тній (uk) (brátnij)
- Uyghur: قېرىنداشلارچە (qërindashlarche)
- Uzbek: qardoshlarcha (uz)
- Volapük: blodik (vo), (♂♀) gemik (vo), (♂) higemik
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Etymology 2
From Middle English brotherly, equivalent to brother + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
brotherly (comparative more brotherly, superlative most brotherly)
- In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōþurlīkaz; equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). The adverb was derived from the adjective in the Middle English period from brother + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
brotherly (rare)
- Of or relating to brothers or siblings.
- Cheerful, jovial; like friends.
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Adverb
brotherly
- In a brotherly way; in a way like a brother.
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