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daughterly

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

befitting a daughter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • daughterly affection

Meaning relationships

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِنْتِيّ (bintiyy) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Belarusian: даччы́н (daččýn) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Bulgarian: дъ́щерен (dǎ́šteren) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Czech: dceřiný — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Danish: datterlig — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Dutch: dochterlijk — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Estonian: tütrelik — of or characteristic of daughters
  • German: töchterlich — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: datterlig — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Polish: córczyny — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Russian: доче́рний (dočérnij) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Russian: дочери́нский (dočerínskij) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Slovak: dcérsky — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Swedish: dotterlig — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Ukrainian: дочі́рній (dočírnij) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Ukrainian: доччи́н (doččýn) — of or characteristic of daughters
  • Ukrainian: до́ньчин (dónʹčyn) — of or characteristic of daughters