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unsisterliness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being unsisterly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, Chapter IV. Legends, Never did four walls look down upon an uglier spectacle than these sisters rivalling in unsisterliness.
  • 1926, Abbie Graham, Grace H. Dodge, Merchant of Dreams, New York: The Womans Press, Chapter 5, pp. 105-106, There must have been a great deal of patronage towards these working girls, especially among groups of older women, or else Grace Dodge would not have so frequently warned women against the unsisterliness of patronage.

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History

Etymology

From unsisterly + -ness.