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FATHERLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
Example:
the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears
Synonyms:
fatherliness; paternal quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fatherliness" is a kind of...):
parental quality (a quality appropriate to a parent)
Attribute:
paternal (characteristic of a father)
Derivation:
fatherly (like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective)
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