brotherly

From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōþurlīkaz, equivalent to brother +‎ -ly. Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/

brotherly (comparative more brotherly, superlative most brotherly)

1. Of or characteristic of brothers.

   brotherly love

• brother
• brotherhood

brotherly

1. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
   • 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:

     "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"

• brothelry

• brothyrly, brothirly

From Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōþurlīkaz; equivalent to brother +‎ -ly. The adverb was derived from the adjective in the Middle English period.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːðərliː/

brotherly (rare)

1. Of or relating to brothers or siblings.
2. Cheerful, jovial; like friends.

• English: brotherly

• “brọ̄̆therlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.

brotherly

1. In a brotherly way; in a way like a brother.

• English: brotherly

• “brọ̄̆therlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.