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 Definitions of fatherly  [ˈfɑ ðər li]  

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Definition of 'fatherly' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) fatherly
of, like, or befitting a father.

2. (adv.) fatherly
in the manner of a father.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000)

Definition of 'fatherly' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) fatherly, fatherlike
like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective


Definition of 'fatherly' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) fatherly
like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful

2. (adj) fatherly
of or pertaining to a father


Translation of 'fatherly' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: like a father
He showed a fatherly interest in his friend's child.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vaderlik Arabic flag Arabic: أَبَوي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бащински
Brazilian flag Brazilian: paternalmente Czech flag Czech: otcovský German flag German: väterlich
Danish flag Danish: faderlig Greek flag Greek: πατρικός Spanish flag Spanish: paternal
Estonian flag Estonian: isalik Farsi flag Farsi: پدرانه Finnish flag Finnish: isällinen
French flag French: paternel Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַבהִי Hindi flag Hindi: पिता तुल्य
Croatian flag Croatian: očinski Hungarian flag Hungarian: atyai Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebapakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: föðurlegur Italian flag Italian: paterno Japanese flag Japanese: 父親のような
Korean flag Korean: 아버지다운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tėviškas Latvian flag Latvian: tēva-; tēvišķīgs
Malay flag Malay: sifat kebapaan Dutch flag Dutch: vaderlijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: faderlig
Polish flag Polish: ojcowski Persian flag Persian: پدرانه Pashto flag Pashto: پلارولى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: paternalmente Romanian flag Romanian: părin­tesc Russian flag Russian: отцовский
Slovak flag Slovak: otcovský Slovenian flag Slovenian: očetovski Serbian flag Serbian: očinski
Swedish flag Swedish: faderlig Thai flag Thai: เหมือนเป็นพ่อ Turkish flag Turkish: babacan, baba gibi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 父親般的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: батьківський Urdu flag Urdu: والد کی طرح
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: như hoặc điển hình cho mộ Chinese flag Chinese: 父亲般的

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