daughterly affection. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I am acting very daughterly, which is something I do too often for my age. From Wordnik.com. [Recently on This Recording] Reference
May 12, 2006, 4: 38 am doxycycline says: doxycycline forearm bigot, daughterly! nicest. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » THE “ENDOWMENT EFFECT” AND BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS:] Reference
Miss Kimpsey boards with the Bells now, and her relation to them has become almost daughterly. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
They had given him a daughterly send-off at the station, and then gone to the library for books. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
Paulina, in fact, is the lofty, the impossible, ideal of wifely and daughterly truth and devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
This was to disarm one another's mind of the suspicion that its last page was doubtfully daughterly. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
"Not all, Father," she said, uttering defiance in the soft, discreet voice of daughterly submission. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
My friend was sent by her family, I was cajoled into accompanying her while doing her daughterly duty. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
The omission seemed to him most maidenly and daughterly. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
"Don't that sound daughterly?" remarked Rufus exultantly. From Wordnik.com. [In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date] Reference
Monroe and delighted in little daughterly attentions to him. From Wordnik.com. [Martie, the Unconquered] Reference
Not a very ladylike or daughterly speech, but shockingly true. From Wordnik.com. [Half Portions] Reference
Is there a woman living who can resist such sweet daughterly flatteries?. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
All that you feel for me is respect and gratitude and daughterly affection. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 4] Reference
Ivy looked at her father with languid interest, and smiled a daughterly smile. From Wordnik.com. [Buttered Side Down] Reference
But in answer to this little burst of daughterly love, a strange thing happened. From Wordnik.com. [How It All Came Round] Reference
If I looked anything but the way I do, the daughterly act would be a freakish one. From Wordnik.com. [Recently on This Recording] Reference
I get on well and meanwhile privately fascinate Sir J. by being daughterly and devoted. From Wordnik.com. [Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power] Reference
Her daughterly interest in the Senator's political standing was stirred as she reflected. From Wordnik.com. [All-Wool Morrison] Reference
For I like when daughterly love, and dear charity hath no leisure to look to worldly courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Paras] Reference
The gentle, daughterly flirtation was enough to remind me of what I had been missing for so long. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It was altogether a friendly and daughterly class of feeling with which she regarded Father Bruno. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century] Reference
She had numberless daughterly ways which none but those unused to them like him would have observed. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
Norma had Regina send her up some tea, and petted and fussed about her in her little daughterly way. From Wordnik.com. [The Beloved Woman] Reference
Nettie had called him Pop and joked with him and almost flirted with him in a daughterly sort of way. From Wordnik.com. [Gigolo] Reference
"Well, have a nice nap?" she asked, coming to put a daughterly little hand over the older woman's hand. From Wordnik.com. [Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby] Reference
It is a great comfort to thy Wife that she has been able to continue and fulfil her daughterly duty till her. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works] Reference
Sylvia's hand crept to her father's shoulder, and her voice was full of daughterly affection, as she said. From Wordnik.com. [Moods] Reference
As he lies dying, Talia's love for Batman outweighs her daughterly fealty, and she gives Batman an antidote. From Wordnik.com. [Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
| f daughterly, worshipping, protective sort of lay, but she did love him. From Wordnik.com. [Put On By Cunning]
"Yes, -- a filial sort of interest, a grand-daughterly reverence and respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
I like when daughterly love and dear charity hath no leisure to look to worldly courtesy. ". From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
But something daughterly must cling to me, too. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Not a daughterly speech, but true. From Wordnik.com. [One Basket] Reference
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