Brotherly vs Devoted - What's the difference?
brotherly | devoted | Related terms |
Of or characteristic of brothers.
In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
* 1907 , Jack London, The Iron Heel :
Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
Zealous; characterized by devotion.
(obsolete) cursed; doomed.
(devote)
Brotherly is a related term of devoted.
As adjectives the difference between brotherly and devoted
is that brotherly is of or characteristic of brothers while devoted is vowed; dedicated; consecrated.As an adverb brotherly
is in the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.As a verb devoted is
(devote).brotherly
English
Adjective
(-)- brotherly love
Adverb
(head)- "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly ?"
