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Fatherly


F'ATHERLY, adjective [father and like.]

1. Like a father in affection and care; tender; paternal; protecting; careful; as fatherly care or affection.

2. Pertaining to a father.

F'ATHERLY, adverb In the manner of a father.

Thus Adam, fatherly displeased. [Not proper.]