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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother;
- Example: "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
[syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Motherliness \Moth"er*li*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being motherly.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

motherliness
    n 1: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth
         and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's
         motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the
         children" [syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal
         quality, maternity]