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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Becoming a daughter; filial.

Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear

daughterly

affection towards him.

Cavendish.

Adj.

Becoming a daughter; dutiful.

D'AUNT, v.t. To repress or subdue courage; to intimidate; to dishearten; to check by fear of danger. It expresses less than fright and terrify.

daughterly ‎(comparative more daughterly, superlative most daughterly)

of or charasteristic of daughters