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sisterly

/sis-ter-lee/US // ˈsɪs tər li //UK // (ˈsɪstəlɪ) //

姊妹篇,姐妹们,姐妹,姐妹花

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, like, or befitting a sister: sisterly affection.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the manner of a sister; as a sister.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • These 45 seconds of sisterly affection would have changed Frozen.

  • Mostly, though, it's about the transformative powers of true love, of both the sisterly and romantic kind.

  • Everyone is judging everyone else, with unshakable sisterly affection.

  • The night before Jimmy first deployed, I accompanied him to a tattoo parlor for sisterly support.

  • I am sure youre a sight, she commented, with sisterly frankness; all doubled up and your forehead screwed into knots.

  • She seemed this morning so kind and thoughtful and so sisterly in her conversation and so ready to assist in getting dinner.

  • It doesn't sound too sisterly a thing to me to forsake the young priestess if there is no jewel in it for her.

  • Imagining a fall down some suddenly spied chasm of her nature, she had a sisterly feeling for the women named sinful.

  • But, somehow, he wanted to feel that sisterly grip of her hand and look down into those encouraging gray eyes.