He put his hand around the back of my neck in a friendly, dadlike way.
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Dadlike
Synonyms for "dadlike" (1 found)
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He still has that dadlike tone that means I must obey him, so I sit.
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For most apes and probably for early hominids, we wouldn't expect much dadlike behavior.
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