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paternal
adjective as in fatherly
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Mary Anne Trump's paternal MacLeods came from Vatisker, a few miles further north of Tong.
As a wedding present, her sister collected and compiled maternal and paternal family recipes and put them into a book for her.
“We wouldn’t hug it out ’cause of time, and it felt very paternal too,” Dinklage added.
A study at the University of Bath used data from 40,000 households across the UK, and found paternal leave uptake has not increased, and the time off being taken are not longer.
Saklatvala's parents separated when he was young and so, the younger Jamsetji became the main paternal figure in his life.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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