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[ adverb ] in a paternal manner

Examples

"he behaves very paternally toward his young bride"

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

He patted Angelo 's thin shoulder paternally .

Related terms

paternal paternal

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Similar Spelling

paternal pattern paternalism paternity paternalistic Paterno patterned

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