adjective

• Characteristic of or appropriate for a sister or sisters.

  ‘sisterly affection’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Lizzy and Jane shared a close sisterly bond’
  • ‘she gives Kristina sisterly advice’
  • ‘I guess there was a little too much sisterly rivalry.’
  • ‘The lead character shows lust only for Olympic glory—the most his self-sacrificing wife gets is a sisterly peck on the cheek.’
  • ‘Her motivation was not purely sisterly concern.’
  • ‘An older, blonde girl, about eight, looks over with sisterly disgust.’
  • ‘Two one-acre plots were sold off to early members of the community who wanted sisterly relations without the constant challenges of communal living.’
  • ‘She slung a sisterly arm around her best friend's shoulders, understanding how distraught she was.’
  • ‘Without being dramatic about it, the story ends on a note of sisterly solidarity.’
  • ‘I know I should be more patient, more sisterly, more respectful of other people's discoveries.’
  • ‘We share her stress as she prepares for an annual sisterly get-together.’
  • ‘The Elle of the first film would have taken her aside to provide a few sisterly fashion tips.’