Meanings
comparative more unsisterly · superlative most unsisterly
- Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan.
1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 1, in The Story Girl2 more examples
[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 43, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLCMary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishsisterly
- Englishunsisterly
Cite this entry
unsisterly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsisterly
“unsisterly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsisterly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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