Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conduct becoming a daughter; dutifulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
daughterly .
Etymologies
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daughterly + -ness
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Examples
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Susan went over and, although uncomfortably conscious of the daughterliness of the act, knelt down beside her, and squeezed the little shell-like hand.
Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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