maternal
It was touching to see how maternally she treated him.
One hand cupped his son’s head almost maternally.
Mitochondrial DNA is a type of DNA that is maternally inherited.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Behaving, interacting and behaviour
as ye sow, so shall ye reapidiom
atavism
attachment disorder
attitude
bearing
behave
conduct
example
humanization
humanize
in someone's demeanour
interact
interaction
ism
operant
phase
presence
provincialism
provincialist
sauce
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