sisterly
/ˈsɪstəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or characteristic of sisters.
Example Sentences
- "Poor Mary [Austin] will do her very best and sisterliest for you. A kinder soul is not in the Earth."
- "Burton designed both Middleton sisters' dresses in white, so that when Pippa picked up Kate's train in the abbey, the two of them were united, visually, in a display of sisterly togetherness."
- ""What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōrder. Proto-Germanic *swestēr Proto-West Germanic *swester Old English sweostor Middle English suster English sister Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English sisterly From sister + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsɪstəli/
Inflected Forms
more sisterly (comparative)
sisterlier (comparative)
most sisterly (superlative)
sisterliest (superlative)