daughterly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
Example Sentences
- "She had lost so much weight her magnificent head looked vulnerable on its swan-like neck, and this new delicacy, this suggestion of mortal time working on her just as it works on everybody, spoke to me more loudly than any of the old accusations of daughterly neglect ever had."
Etymology
Etymology tree English daughter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English daughterly From daughter + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more daughterly (comparative)
most daughterly (superlative)