10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adverb in a maternal manner; as a mother
originEtymology tree English maternal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English maternally From maternal + -ly.
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