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Paternally

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pa·ter·nal  (p-tûrnl)
adj.
1. Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.
2. Received or inherited from a father: a paternal trait.
3. Related through one's father: my paternal aunt.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin paternlis, from Latin paternus, from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots.]
pa·ternal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.paternally - in a paternal manner; "he behaves very paternally toward his young bride"
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said the captain, paternally surveying Magdalen when she entered the room.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
By this time the collegian would be up with him, and he would paternally add,'What have you forgotten?
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
And paternally, tenderly, very much as Porthos might have done, he took Raoul in his arms and placed him in the boat, the oars of which, at a signal, immediately were dipped in the waves.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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