| brotherly | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, fraternal |
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| butcherly | (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous |
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| (adjective) poorly done | Synonyms: botchy, unskillful |
| daughterly | (adjective) befitting a daughter | - |
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| disorderly | (adjective) undisciplined and unruly | - |
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| (adjective) in utter disorder | Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
| (adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | Synonyms: chaotic |
| easterly | (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: eastern |
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| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: eastern |
| elderly | (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: aged, older, senior |
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| fatherly | (adjective) like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | Synonyms: fatherlike |
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| gingerly | (adjective) with extreme care or delicacy | - |
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| landlubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: lubberly |
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| loverly | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverlike |
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| lubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: landlubberly |
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| (adjective) clumsy and unskilled | - |
| mannerly | (adjective) socially correct in behavior | Synonyms: well-mannered |
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| masterly | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, virtuoso |
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| meagerly | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy |
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| miserly | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | Synonyms: mean, mingy, tight |
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| motherly | (adjective) befitting a mother; warm and nurturing | - |
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| northeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeast |
| northerly | (adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northern |
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| (adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northern |
| northwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwest |
| orderly | (adjective) devoid of violence or disruption | - |
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| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: neat |
| painterly | (adjective) having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
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| quarterly | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a quarter | - |
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| sisterly | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a sister | Synonyms: sisterlike, sororal |
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| soldierly | (adjective) (of persons) befitting a warrior | Synonyms: martial, soldierlike, warriorlike |
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| southeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southeast | Synonyms: southeast |
| southerly | (adjective) from the south; used especially of wind | Synonyms: southern |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the south | Synonyms: southern |
| southwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southwest | Synonyms: southwest, southwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southwest | Synonyms: southwest |
| spiderly | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnidian, arachnoid, spiderlike, spidery |
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| unmannerly | (adjective) socially incorrect in behavior | Synonyms: bad-mannered, ill-mannered, rude, unmannered |
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| unsoldierly | (adjective) not conforming to military standards | - |
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| weatherly | (adjective) (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled | - |
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| westerly | (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: western |
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| (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westbound, westward |