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Synonyms for sisterly
ˈsɪs tər lisis·ter·ly

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  1. sisterly, sisterlike, sororaladjective

    like or characteristic of or befitting a sister

    "sisterly kindness"; "sororal concern"

    Synonyms:
    sisterlike, sororal

    Antonyms:
    brotherly, fraternal, brotherlike

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  1. List of paraphrases for "sisterly":

    brotherly, sister, fraternal, hermano, brother, sibling

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#3078sister
#17889sibling
#31105fraternal
#57829brotherly
#107295hermano
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How to use sisterly in a sentence?

  1. Yvonne Padmos:

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

  2. Jennette McCurdy:

    Some [people] like drama and I think we butted heads at times but in a very sisterly way. She knows me so well and I know her so well that I think it was unfortunate that things kind of got misconstrued. there is certainly like a friend dynamic but then once you're around that person for—I mean, ‘Carly,’ ‘Sam Cat’—once we didn't have child labor laws we could work like 16 hours a day so you are around these people constantly and It's just natural that you're gonna have ups and downs.

  3. Tewolde GebreMariam:

    With the opening of a new chapter of peace and friendship between the two sisterly countries, we look forward to starting flights to Asmara with the B787.

  4. Jennette McCurdy:

    I just feel that, you know Ariana and I were and are extremely close and very like-minded in a lot of different ways and then, sorta as the show dissolved, everybody wanted to find some sort of hidden meaning in our relationship, some [people] like drama and I think we butted heads at times but in a very sisterly way. She knows me so well and I know her so well that I think it was unfortunate that things kind of got misconstrued.

  5. Catherine Deneuve:

    I‘m a free woman and always will be, i send my sisterly regards to all the victims of abject acts who would have felt attacked by this column inLe Monde, and it is to them, and them only, that I offer my apologies.


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