His avuncular mien endears him to small children.
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Avuncular
/əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/
Synonyms for "avuncular" (18 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(3 words)
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3 entrieskinship term adjectiverelational adjectivesocial descriptor
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4 entriesguiding demeanorkinship termmentoring styleuncle relationship
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6 entriesavuncular careavuncular demeanoravuncular guidanceavuncular humoravuncular mentoravuncular tone
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2 entriesmore avuncularmost avuncular
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2 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
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In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label? [Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure.
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A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.
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