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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 Richardson; , →OCLC:[…] 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 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. , volumes (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, , 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
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