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fraternally

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fra·ter·nal  (fr-tûrnl)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie.
b. Showing comradeship; brotherly.
2. Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association.
3. Biology Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
[Middle English, from Old French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frternlis, from Latin frternus, from frter, brother; see bhrter- in Indo-European roots.]
fra·ternal·ism n.
fra·ternal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.fraternally - in a brotherly manner
Translations
fraternally [frəˈtɜːnəlɪ] adv → fraternamente
fraternally [frəˈtɜːnəlɪ] adv → fraternamente


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When I was respectably settled at home, this gentleman would not so much as look at me without a frown; and now, when I was a scamp, in prison, he mercifully and fraternally came to condole with me on my misfortunes.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
To whom this honourable and jocular, member fraternally said one day, 'Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want men.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
I had invoked him and he had come; he hovered before me half the time; it was as if his bright ghost had returned to earth to tell me that he regarded the affair as his own no less than mine and that we should see it fraternally, cheerfully to a conclusion.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
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