The girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : motherly solicitude. ,to take a motherly interest in an orphan. From Dictionary.com.
But the motherliness which is in every true woman's heart, warded off this danger. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
He should not see Cecily with her air of mature motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
I don't know; I have no objective motherliness rating system. From Wordnik.com. [My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?] Reference
Her face was sweet with motherliness, but drawn with sorrow and exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
Not the most stylish, but gave us the feeling of motherliness with her cooking. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Little children flock around her, drawn by the magic of her incarnated motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
A certain motherliness pervaded the night; there was a suggestion of birth everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
The dark woman bent over the baby and made silent, gentle movements of motherliness to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
Her motherliness and refreshing sense of humor built up a bond of understanding with her audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
Upon which muddled speech she tucked him in with a brisk motherliness and started off down the ward. From Wordnik.com. [The Fateful Bargain]
Kate Lee oozed motherliness-that love that is capable, wise, patient, tender-the love that never fails!. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
There is a motherliness in the girl's face that makes us sure that she is at once mother and sister to the boy. From Wordnik.com. [Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer] Reference
Matron congratulated her with just the right mixture of motherliness authority and friendliness and then asked. From Wordnik.com. [Damsel In Green]
But there was a motherliness about Mrs. Flippin, a quality with which Madge had never before come closely in contact. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
In this house, when my brothers 'looks were at their blackest for you, there has always been goodwill and motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
With her usual motherliness towards her sister, she replied, 'On no account must you take a situation without my approval. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
Dillon had also been irresistibly drawn toGert's earthy motherliness, and the noisy, loving atmosphere in the Schneider household. From Wordnik.com. [A Baby For Emily]
She had been almost a mother to her own young brothers and sisters, which was a pledge for motherliness toward Jacqueline, etc., etc. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This motherliness comes in good play in school visitation. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
"No, you shan't suffer," she assured him, with fat motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Native Born or, the Rajah's People] Reference
For she was very much of a woman, and full of a secret motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [A Spirit in Prison] Reference
Patty felt the motherliness of it, and loved her Aunt Alice at once. From Wordnik.com. [Patty Fairfield] Reference
There was exactly the tender motherliness that even Wilmet and Sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the House, V1] Reference
What purpose, then, did Mrs. Baxter's traditional motherliness serve?. From Wordnik.com. [Quisanté] Reference
All her brains must have run to motherliness, for she hadn't much sense. From Wordnik.com. [Novel Notes] Reference
A wave of motherliness towards the entire Phillips family passed over her. From Wordnik.com. [All Roads Lead to Calvary] Reference
But he did not miss the lack of motherliness in her, for he had never known. From Wordnik.com. [Lo, Michael!] Reference
The mother does not extend her motherliness to the destroyer of her family. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Lads] Reference
The gentleness and motherliness are of course neither of them real in such cases. From Wordnik.com. [Nerves and Common Sense] Reference
In sheer motherliness Miss Armytage put an arm about her cousin and drew her close. From Wordnik.com. [The Snare] Reference
It would be like her impudence, and her motherliness, and her --- and, in fact, like her. From Wordnik.com. [Once on a Time] Reference
And his wife, her eyes shining with motherliness, answered: "Poor lad, he's not fit-like.". From Wordnik.com. [Tatterdemalion] Reference
She was looking forward to her young half-brother with a motherliness not exhausted by Val. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
There was about this tall young lady at the moment an air of motherliness delicious to behold. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England] Reference
Mary Creagh had been a beautiful girl, with a look of motherliness even in her immature girlhood. From Wordnik.com. [Love of Brothers] Reference
Afterwards everything went on as before, but the motherliness of aunts and sisters knew no bounds. From Wordnik.com. [Married] Reference
The woman drew the girl to her, holding the cold hands against her breast with a soft motherliness. From Wordnik.com. [Love of Brothers] Reference
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