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English noun: fatherliness

1. fatherliness (attribute) the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father


SamplesThe gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears.


Synonymspaternal quality


Broader (hypernym)parental quality


Attributepaternal









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