paternal
Example Sentences
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The parents of Child C, who described their son as a "sunny child", said Bennett had "seemed clumsy but very paternal", which was something they initially liked.
From BBC
Like me, my paternal grandfather and my father also held decent white-collar jobs throughout their working lives and invested in the the stock market.
From Barron's
The older girl hides her face, but her sister keeps watching as a paternal figure explains the physics.
The wisdom in Mr. Hertling’s book is quiet, understated, intentionally crafted as paternal counsel.
Writing “Autobiography of Cotton” began with her desire to uncover the truth about her paternal grandparents, whose story she had only gathered bits and pieces of over the years.
From Los Angeles Times
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