Fatherly

//ˈfɑːðəli//

"Fatherly" in a Sentence (10 examples)

Tom gave his son some fatherly advice.

I'll give you some fatherly advice.

Ziri never acted in a fatherly manner.

fatherly advice

Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course.

[…]; tho’ God hath for a while Fatherly Chaſtiſed them by thoſe Rods which he hath afterwards conſumed.

This child is not mine as the first was, / I cannot sing it to rest, / I cannot lift it up fatherly / And bliss it upon my breast;

Indeed we live beneath the sky, . . / That great smooth Hand of God, stretched out / On all His children fatherly, / To bless them from the fear and doubt, / Which would be, if, from this low place, / All opened straight up to His face / Into the grand eternity.

He looked fatherly at me.

When she fell forward a little, as if she were half fainting with the pleasure, he held her, fatherly, in his arms until she recovered.

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