Associations to the word «Fatherly»

Wiktionary

FATHERLY, adjective. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
FATHERLY, adjective. Characteristic of fathers, paternal.

Dictionary definition

FATHERLY, adjective. Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne