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Daughterly

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daugh·ter  (dôtr)
n.
1. One's female child.
2. A female descendant.
3. A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent: a daughter of the nation.
4. One personified or regarded as a female descendant: "Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).
5. Physics The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.
adj.
1. Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
2. Biology Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
3. Physics Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element: daughter atom; daughter nuclide.
[Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor; see dhugter- in Indo-European roots.]
daughter·ly adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.daughterly - befitting a daughter; "daughterly affection"
filial - relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"


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For I like when daughterly love and dear charity hath no leisure to look to worldly courtesy.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
It was better still to see Amy pay him the daughterly duty and affection which completely won his old heart, and best of all, to watch Laurie revolve about the two, as if never tired of enjoying the pretty picture they made.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Shaw put out the other hand to Fanny, who gave him a daughterly kiss, quite forgetting everything but the tender feeling that sprung up in her heart at the renewal of the childish custom which we never need outgrow.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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