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"stepmotherly" treatment for the city neighbouring the national capital.

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

At Leptis, a town in Libya, it is the custom for the bride the day after marriage to send to her mother-in-law's house for a pipkin, who does not lend her one, but says she has not got one, that from the first the daughter-in-law may know her mother-in-law's stepmotherly mind, [173] that if afterwards she should be harsher still, she should be prepared for it and not take it ill.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

With this letter he enclosed one to Wieck's wife: "In your hands, dear lady, I lay our future happiness, and in your heart -- no stepmotherly heart, I am sure."

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914

But what Lisconnel often said that it "thought badder of" was the stepmotherly treatment which seemed to be the lot of the little girl Katty.

Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

A formidable Catherine Castellanos leads a strong cast in the 1 3/4-hour tragedy of fatal stepmotherly attraction.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter 2011

Nature then seems here to have provided us only in a stepmotherly fashion with the faculty required for our end.

The Critique of Practical Reason Immanuel Kant 1764

The CPM had a stock reply to that question: stepmotherly treatment by the Centre.

The Times of India 2010

The lawsuit filed by some parents of ICSE students cried foul on account of "the stepmotherly treatment of students of other boards" and accused the state of bias towards SSC by implementing this policy.

rediff.com 2010

But what leads to such incidents becoming so explosive so quickly is the feeling that the region has always been given stepmotherly treatment by New Delhi.

Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2009

Residents, who were asked by the municipal to pay for their sewerage connection, say that the government is giving them "stepmotherly treatment".

Kuensel Newspaper 2009