1. Pertaining to a mother; becoming a mother; tender; parental.

2. In the manner of a mother.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• motherss,
• mothly,
• ratherly,
• mothere,
• otherly,
• mothert,
• smothely,
• monthely,
• mothern,
• otherl,
• mothery,
• notherly,
• butherly,
• motherlyke,
• motehrly,
• motherlly,
• mothurly,
• motharly,
• sotherly,
• bocherly

• motherlike,
• motherless,
• motherland,
• motherwell,
• matherly,
• mother lode.

The adjective form of the word "motherly" is "maternal".

The plural form of the word "motherly" is "motherlies". However, it is not a commonly used plural form.

The singular form of the word "motherly" is "motherly". The word "motherly" does not change its form in its singular form.