fatherly
fo dher lee
- s like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
- Kindly, fatherly Pope John XXIII issued his first encyclical last week, and it proved to be a fatherly message of warning, hope and encouragement.
- Over it all, Hugh Cullen keeps a fatherly eye.
- When no signs of fatherly concern emerged, the police concocted another scheme.