avuncular
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Here is the quintessential Westerner about to transform himself from Honest Abe the rail-splitter into Father Abraham, the avuncular statesman capable of handling the looming crisis over disunion and slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Ayoub, now a portly scriptwriter with an avuncular smile, weighed a mere 66 pounds during the siege.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025
After Ernst arranges the meeting with Disney, Marks pencils in a toothbrush mustache and transforms himself into a creepily avuncular version of the character, whose Midwestern niceness becomes menacing when his business interests are threatened.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
With his political lineage and avuncular, scholarly image, Mr Lee is generally well-liked by Singaporeans.
From BBC • May 14, 2024
Dr. Achufusi, an avuncular and pleasant man, pressed at Ifemelu’s side and announced, “It’s your appendix, very inflamed. We should get it out quickly.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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