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FATHERLINESS

• FATHERLINESS (noun)
The noun FATHERLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

Familiarity information: FATHERLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

• FATHERLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fatherliness; paternal quality

Context example:

the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears

Hypernyms ("fatherliness" is a kind of...):

parental quality (a quality appropriate to a parent)

Attribute:

paternal (characteristic of a father)

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