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Maternally

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ma·ter·nal  (m-tûrnl)
adj.
1. Relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood; motherly: maternal instinct.
2. Inherited from one's mother: a maternal trait.
3. Related through one's mother: my maternal uncle.
[Middle English, from Old French maternel, from Medieval Latin mternlis, from Latin mternus, from mter, mother; see mter- in Indo-European roots.]
ma·ternal·ism n.
ma·ternal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.maternally - in a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally"
motherly
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