motherliness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
    maternalism; maternity; maternal quality.
    • the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children

WordNet


Moth"er*li*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being motherly.

Webster 1913