motherly

Of, like, or appropriate to a mother.

Showing the affection of a mother.

In a manner befitting a mother.

In the manner of a mother.

Pertaining to a mother: as, motherly power or authority.

Becoming or characteristic of a mother; tender; parental; affectionate: as, motherly love or care.

Like a mother.

Synonyms Motherly, Maternal, Parental. The same distinction holds between the Anglo-Saxon word and the Latin ones in this list that is found in the words compared under brotherly and under fatherly.

In a manner of a mother.

Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal.