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Fatherliness

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Noun

1. fatherliness, paternal quality

the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

Example Sentences:
'the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fatherliness

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adjective
of, resembling, or suitable to a father

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Fatherliness

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adjective
1. 
of a father
2. 
having traits considered typical of fathers; kind, protective, wise, etc.; paternal
adverb
3.  Archaic
as a father

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fatherliness

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adj.
1. Of, like, or appropriate to a father: fatherly love.
2. Showing the affection of a father.
adv.
In a manner befitting a father.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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