Is she doubly motherly? (4)
I believe the answer is:
mama
'is she' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'doubly motherly?' is the wordplay.
'doubly' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'motherly?' becomes 'ma' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ma' doubled is 'MAMA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mama that I've seen before include "Mummy" , "Mature woman" , "Mother" , "Dam" , "Mum" .)