All 6 Uses of
maternal
in
Mansfield Park
- I thought he began to look a little queer, so I turned it off as well as I could, by whispering to him, 'We shall have an excellent Agatha; there is something so maternal in her manner, so completely maternal in her voice and countenance.'†
Chpt 18
- I thought he began to look a little queer, so I turned it off as well as I could, by whispering to him, 'We shall have an excellent Agatha; there is something so maternal in her manner, so completely maternal in her voice and countenance.'†
Chpt 18
- William was her pride; Betsey her darling; and John, Richard, Sam, Tom, and Charles occupied all the rest of her maternal solicitude, alternately her worries and her comforts.†
Chpt 39
- In every argument with her mother, Susan had in point of reason the advantage, and never was there any maternal tenderness to buy her off.†
Chpt 40 *
- Warmed by the sight of such a friend to her son, and regulated by the wish of appearing to advantage before him, she was overflowing with gratitude—artless, maternal gratitude—which could not be unpleasing.†
Chpt 41
- The real solicitude now awakened in the maternal bosom was not soon over.†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(maternal as in: maternal grandmother) relating to a mother; or characteristic of parents -- such as to care for and help to develop