sisterly

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Etymology 1

From sister +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)

  1. Of or characteristic of sisters.
    • 2011 May 4, Jane Martinson, The Guardian:
      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.
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Etymology 2

From sister +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

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.
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