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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪstəli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sisterly.wav Forms: more sisterly [comparative], most sisterly [superlative]
Etymology: From sister + -ly (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|sister|-ly|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival suffix}} sister + -ly (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)
  1. Of or characteristic of sisters. Derived forms: sisterly love Translations (of or characteristic of a sister or sisters): أُخْتِيّ (ʔuḵtiyy) (Arabic), քույրական (kʻuyrakan) (Armenian), сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski) (Belarusian), се́стрински (séstrinski) (Bulgarian), sesterský (Czech), de sœur (French), sororal (French), sororel (French), დური (duri) (Georgian), schwesterlich (German), geschwisterlich (German), sororius (Latin), сестрински (sestrinski) (Macedonian), siostrzany (Polish), ca de soră (Romanian), de soră (Romanian), се́стринский (séstrinskij) (Russian), sesterský (Slovak), sororal (Spanish), сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), sörik (Volapük), gemik [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), jigemik [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sisterly-en-adj-y~VCYe7R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪstəli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sisterly.wav Forms: more sisterly [comparative], most sisterly [superlative]
Etymology: From sister + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|sister|-ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix}} sister + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{en-adv}} sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)
  1. In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters. Related terms: big-sisterly Translations (like a sister): დურად (durad) (Georgian), schwesterlich (German), geschwisterlich (German), ca o soră (Romanian), по-се́стрински (po-séstrinski) (Russian), sèstrīnski (Serbo-Croatian), söriko (Volapük), gemiko [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), jigemiko [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sisterly-en-adv-r~oWnkNb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "geschwisterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sororius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sestrinski",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "сестрински"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "siostrzany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "ca de soră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "de soră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séstrinskij",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "се́стринский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sesterský"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sororal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sestrýnsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "сестри́нський"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sörik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gemik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jigemik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sisterly"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sister",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "pos2": "adverbial suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "sister + -ly (adverbial suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sister + -ly (adverbial suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sisterly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sisterly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sisterly (comparative more sisterly, superlative most sisterly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "big-sisterly"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪstəli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sisterly.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-sisterly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-sisterly.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-sisterly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-sisterly.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "systole (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "durad",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "დურად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "schwesterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "geschwisterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "ca o soră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po-séstrinski",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "по-се́стрински"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "sèstrīnski"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "word": "söriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gemiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "like a sister",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jigemiko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sisterly"
}

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