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Motherliness

noun
1.
The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.  Synonyms: maternal quality, maternalism, maternity.





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"Motherliness" Quotes from Famous Books



... only one then," Terry reluctantly agreed. "A less feminine lot I never saw. A child apiece doesn't seem to be enough to develop what I call motherliness." ...
— Herland • Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
... hostess, who during my stay stood close to my side as though she thought I needed her motherliness, put ...
— The Woman Who Toils - Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls • Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst


Words linked to "Motherliness" :   maternalism, maternal, motherly, parental quality, maternity


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