unsisterliness

English

Etymology

unsisterly +‎ -ness

Noun

unsisterliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being unsisterly.
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:
      Don’t let me be surprised at your seeming unsisterliness, Bella. I hope it is but seeming. There can be no wit in such jesting as this.
    • 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, Chapter IV. Legends,
      Never did four walls look down upon an uglier spectacle than these sisters rivalling in unsisterliness.
    • 1926, Abbie Graham, Grace H. Dodge, Merchant of Dreams, New York: The Womans Press, Chapter 5, pp. 105-106,
      There must have been a great deal of patronage towards these working girls, especially among groups of older women, or else Grace Dodge would not have so frequently warned women against the unsisterliness of patronage.
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