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brotherly

/bruhth-er-lee/US // ˈbrʌð ər li //UK // (ˈbrʌðəlɪ) //

兄弟般地,兄弟的,手足之情,兄弟

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : as a brother; fraternally.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • It oscillates between matter-of-fact narration and shots of the men’s playful, brotherly dynamic, like when Antin spills a liter of coffee in Chambers’s front seat and pretends it’s water.

  • But brotherly love among enemy combatants was not something that the high command encouraged.

  • Bill Cosby was born July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love.

  • In a morning filled with brotherly love and jocularity over how everyone was getting along so well, no one wanted to offend.

  • The City of Brotherly Love is closer to earning its moniker.

  • One might question whether the bakers are acting in true and brotherly solidarity.

  • For if there is one God, there is one brotherhood, and all humanity can only be linked to that God by brotherly love.

  • I made thy fortune along with my own in the days when we shared all things in brotherly community.

  • We spent the night in equally brotherly fashion, our beds being spread out for us side by side on the floor of the room.

  • Then I learned to know that which I felt was not a mere brotherly affection, but a deep love.

  • There were messages of brotherly interest and solicitude just as in the old days.