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Word entry · 8 letters

maternal

Best crossword clue

"Motherly"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /məˈtɜːnəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaelmnrtStarts with MEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

Used in a sentence

  • His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.
  • However, the Hebrew (I ſay) is the moſt antient and maternall Language; for Adam uſed it, and all men before the Flood, as is manifeſt from the Scripture, and Fathers.
  • Thus lonely left, no soft maternal breast / His murmurs soothed, or cradled him to rest; / Moist with delight, no maternal eye / Watched his weak limbs their early efforts try, [...]

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