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Recent Examples of motherly
Lockhart wasn’t out of work for long, quickly moving to another motherly role, the biochemist Maureen Robinson on the 1965-68 series Lost in Space.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
In a final act of motherly sacrifice, Sue dies trying to defeat Galactus before quickly being brought back to life by her son.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
In a final act of motherly sacrifice, Sue dies trying to defeat Galactus before quickly being brought back to life by her son.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motherly
maternal
Adjective
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His maternal grandfather died in Saudi Airlines Flight 163 in August 1980.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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The United States already has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among high-income countries, with deaths disproportionately affecting people of color and rural communities.—
Jesus Ruiz,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Motherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherly. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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