"big-sisterly" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:",
          "text": "Some were sweet and big-sisterly, good shoulders to cry on; others eternal cheerleaders, all freckles and bobby sox; still others were serious campus leaders with their blond hair in a severe twist.",
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        "Of or characteristic of older sisters."
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