Grandfatherliness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being grandfatherly. uncountable

    "[…]; the collector’s voice gradually deepened over the years to a granular, all-forgiving grandfatherliness."

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"[…]; the collector’s voice gradually deepened over the years to a granular, all-forgiving grandfatherliness."

Etymology

From grandfatherly + -ness.

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