brotherly
adverb
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L187070 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- characteristic of a brother or brothers; fraternal
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/ / /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlīk, from Proto-Germanic *brōþērlīkaz, equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”). Piecewise doublet of friarly.
- Of or characteristic of brothers.
“brotherly love”
“Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate; but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, equivalent to brother + -ly (adverbial suffix).
- In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
“Praising and pleading him, / Lovingly needing him, / Brotherly feeding him, / Preaching and speeding him, / Blessing, succeeding Him, / Thus is the Master near,— / Thus is He here!”
“I might have seen him, and talked with him brotherly, face to face.”