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And wound up with pairs of words—one fancy, one not—for the same things
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 17 May. 2021.
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The first known use of sisterly was circa 1532
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