Brotherly and Close

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Brotherly adjective - Of, relating to, or befitting brothers.

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Close and brotherly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Brotherly".

Nearby Words: brotherhood, brother

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Brotherly and close are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brotherly" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Tom Paris's oddly close friendship with Harry Kim and tensions with Chakotay were probably meant to seem "brotherly," but try telling that to the fanfic writers....

Source: Slash Fic
A lot of fan authors and fanartists depict a very close, loving, brotherly relationship between Canada and America, even though the manga describes America as "the root of Canada's unhappiness" and it's shown that Canada, while not outright hating him, resents his brother a lot.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Axis Powers Hetalia
Bankotsu's own relationship with Jakotsu can be considered brotherly, though still close enough that he tells Jakotsu that he's his only real friend and that he eagerly kills Renkotsu for, among other things, killing Jakotsu.

Source: Love Dodecahedron / Anime and Manga

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