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Recent Examples of fatherly
Here is someone offering her fatherly advice and a paternal embrace without a hidden half-chub.
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Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
So, Jim puts on his fatherly cap, offering some wise advice.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Reeves, in establishing his masculinity think tank, has spoken about the public dearth of fatherly life-guidance—a vacuum that such manosphere denizens as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, with their alarming blend of platitudes and misogyny, have come to fill for unmoored boys and men.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
The retiree doesn’t have children and has enjoyed this new fatherly role.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
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Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
So, Jim puts on his fatherly cap, offering some wise advice.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Reeves, in establishing his masculinity think tank, has spoken about the public dearth of fatherly life-guidance—a vacuum that such manosphere denizens as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, with their alarming blend of platitudes and misogyny, have come to fill for unmoored boys and men.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
The retiree doesn’t have children and has enjoyed this new fatherly role.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatherly
Adjective
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The Statue of Liberty, with its motherly stance, initially guides the student forward and away from the unknown, but that is just the comfort of ignorance.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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There are no saccharine bursts of motherly love to soften her portrayal — Button mostly remains a burden.—
Irina Dumitrescu,
The Dial,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The Marvel star also told Fatherly in 2020 that witnessing the brotherly bond his sons have fostered has been another one of his favorite parts of being a dad.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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As the game clock hit 0:00, photographers, camera operators and other media flooded from the four corners of the field to the midfield lightning bolt to capture the brotherly handshake.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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However, Julia Fox (basically her Nigel) stepped into the practice studio to offer her some sisterly advice.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2024
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Miss Austen, a new four-part drama launching on the BBC on Sunday and coming to PBS in the U.S. in May, is telling the story from a perspective of sisterhood and sisterly love.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The opening of the gift was a sentimental moment for more reasons than one.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Memories are attached to sentimental objects as the moon and Mercury harmonize!—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Fatherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherly. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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