maternal *
motherlike
motherly

It was just as well, perhaps, since her mother had never been the maternal sort in any case.

She could see no sign of maternal love in her daughter.

Why do people always want to give me maternal advice?

Many children now grow up, as I did, in the maternal home.

My feelings have always been maternal, rather than anything else.

He used to stay near to the house of his maternal grand father.

He built a maternal child health care home in his village.

No information concerning the maternal side of his family is available.

They had one son who died before his maternal uncle.

It may have entered the family through a maternal line.

Maternal care does not continue once the young have emerged.

However, history is less clear on who his maternal grandfather was.

This personality takes on a maternal role for the others.

And as a little girl she once met her maternal grandmother.

"Now, Mary is taking on the role of a maternal figure."

Even the least maternal may begin to regret having had no child.

And given the maternal instinct, it would probably be better.

Just bring out the maternal in them, that was the ticket.

She said this with the same maternal kindness as the rest.

I remember, as a child, when my maternal grandparents died within a year of each other.

He led efforts to expand maternal and child health programs.

The new study looked at the effects of early maternal employment.

She seems not to be relating to her child in a maternal way.

She would assume a maternal role in terms of really being there.