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relating to a mother; or characteristic of parents — such as to care for and help to develop
- The maternal cares and worries, which she had so hated on the way, now, after a day spent without them, struck her in quite another light, and tempted her back to them.Part Six (71% in)
There are no more uses of "maternal" in Anna Karenina.
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