Definition of "cousinly" [cous•in•ly]

• Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin (adjective)

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• "He now no longer thought his cousin without them, but he thought she knew how to control them; in fact, they had grown to love each other with that certain kind of cousinly affection which one often sees, and which is very true and lifelong, but has not the rapture, the intensity, nor the anguish, which belong to really falling in love."
• "A cousinly interrogation peppered with snide innuendo."
• "I only pray that my fragile and beloved son—the cousinly playmate of your youth—may now know the peace he could never find here on earth."