"motherly" in German motherly mütterlich Detailed translations for "motherly" motherly motherly(also: maternally) mütterlich{adverb} - Thought you wanted to give him one of your motherly lectures. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review - Ich dachte, du möchtest ihn mal wieder mütterlich belehren. Suicide, however, not very motherly of me." Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Selbstmord hingegen ist nicht gerade sehr mütterlich von mir." English synonyms for "motherly" motherly {r} maternally