brotherly

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/

Adjective

brotherly (not comparable)

1. Of or characteristic of brothers.

   brotherly love

Related terms

• brother
• brotherhood

Translations

of or charasteristic of brothers

• Finnish: veljellinen (fi)
• German: brüderlich (de), geschwisterlich (de)
• Greek: αδελφικός (el) (adelfikos) m 
• Latin: frāternus (la)
• Polish: braterski (pl)

• Romanian: frățesc (ro)
• Russian: братский (ru) (brátskij) 
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtskī (sh)
• Spanish: fraternal (es), fraterno (es)
• Volapük: blodik (vo), (♂♀) gemik (vo), (♂) higemik (vo)

Adverb

brotherly

1. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
   • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel:

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

Anagrams

• brothelry