Yes, it often is, describing a noun associated with mothers or mothering. It can also be an adverb, meaning done in the manner of a mother.
The abstract noun form is motherliness.
The word motherly is normally an adjective (motherly love, motherly advice). But it might also be used as an adverb in rare cases, modifying an action or adjective. Examples are hard to find, but might be of the form "She was caring motherly for the orphaned kittens" or "She was a motherly good kind of woman."
No, it is an adverb. Any words with -ly are an adverb.
The word motherly has three syllables. Moth-er-ly.
Acid Motherly Love was created on 2007-11-19.
Sacagawea was motherly because she carried her son pompy around the entire journey long.
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Well, it depends on what you mean by motherly. Do you mean you are dating her and she acts motherly toward you, or do you mean just acting motherly, to everyone? If you meant the first one, that wouldn't be good, and if you meant the second one, that could just mean she's very mature, or she's family oriented and wants kids of her own someday.
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If a male is close to his child he would be a fatherly figure. Motherly and fatherly figures can be debated though.