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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being motherly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being motherly.

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  • noun The property of being motherly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

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