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Recent Examples of fatherly
Baron was gentle, fatherly, and prim.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The address that, thanks to Mills’ unmatched talent for multitasking, qualifies him to represent my district while allegedly nurturing and handing out fatherly advice to all these young ladies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
But Pascal, for all the twinkle in his eye, often plays relatively sexless characters — from the fatherly energy of The Last of Us to the ascetic qualities of The Mandalorian.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
Indeed, Eugenio, whose large-scale figurative paintings have been exhibited across Europe, Latin America, and the US, exerts a fatherly influence across the campo.
—Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The address that, thanks to Mills’ unmatched talent for multitasking, qualifies him to represent my district while allegedly nurturing and handing out fatherly advice to all these young ladies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
But Pascal, for all the twinkle in his eye, often plays relatively sexless characters — from the fatherly energy of The Last of Us to the ascetic qualities of The Mandalorian.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
Indeed, Eugenio, whose large-scale figurative paintings have been exhibited across Europe, Latin America, and the US, exerts a fatherly influence across the campo.
—Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatherly
Adjective
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The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And of course the relationship was the brotherly type, for good and bad.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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The script had a lot of that [brotherly dynamic] already there.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Now that grandpa has passed, the sisterly conversations have turned towards who will manage and pay for my grandma’s care.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Ripley star and her sister, Elle, recently appeared on the October 2025 cover of Vanity Fair and opened up about their sisterly bond, as well as their romantic relationships.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Paula also shared another angle of the cast singalong to her 1997 single, a particularly sentimental moment for the handful of fans who got to take in the one-night-only charity event.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Art that truly centres girlhood, meanwhile, had too often been dismissed as sentimental or lacking intellectual rigor.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Fatherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherly. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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