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
And Mr. McKellen is mildly avuncular, radiating a stealthy, benevolent attitude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
A bearded, avuncular figure who was serving as New Labour's first health secretary, he was 'persuaded' to stand against his old comrade Ken.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
“Precise and circumspect, with an avuncular demeanor and an authoritative voice .... Summerall indulged his partner’s many appetites and asides, even when that meant being elbowed aside at the mike and in the limelight.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
But the officer’s contempt is not, as in other armies, avuncular theatricality.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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