fatherly
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːðəli/ / /ˈfɑðɚli/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”) . Doublet of fatherlike.
- Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
“fatherly advice”
- Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English faderly, fadirly, from Old English fæderlīċe (“in a fatherly way, as a father”), equivalent to father + -ly.
- In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
“Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course.”
“[…]; tho’ God hath for a while Fatherly Chaſtiſed them by thoſe Rods which he hath afterwards conſumed.”