0 A motherly woman treats other people with a lot of kindness and love and tries to make certain they are happy. --
1 typical of a kind or caring mother --
The tales of the book are drawn from that treasury of oral nursery lore, from a tradition steeped in the tenderness of motherly affection.
This she regards the mistake of her career as after this film flopped suddenly people started offering her motherly roles to heroes.
Not only the motherly ladies would leave.
Thirdly, it is not so much intellectual education which is needed in the primary schools as a good, sensible motherly teacher.
What you want is nursery schools for the poorer districts with a motherly woman to look after the children instead of highly-salaried teachers.
She is a fine type of woman, and, throughout, she has shown the most motherly concern and responsibility for her only daughter.
Young children especially want a lot of motherly affection.
She had a rather motherly attitude towards them.