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fatherly

adjective

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Wiktionary

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.

  1. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.

    fatherly advice

  2. 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.

  1. 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.