paternal

IPA: pʌtˈɝnʌɫ

adjective

Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Received or inherited from one's father.
Acting as a father.

Examples of "paternal" in Sentences

The paternal line follows the surname.
The man's dad was benevolent and paternal.
The term paternal correction is also applied to it.
He was left in the care of his paternal grandmother.
The spirit of Josephinism was benevolent and paternal.
“Just so,” said Mr Low — only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly.
"Just so," said Mr Low -- only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly.
"Just so," said Mr. Low, — "only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly.
"Just so," said Mr. Low, -- "only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly.
The novel's representation of the paternal is of course implicated in this drawing and redrawing of the boundaries of nature.
The word paternal is gender neutral, or may be used for the male guardian, but it primarily relates to or is characteristic of befitting a parent.
Imposition of hands was a ceremony used especially in paternal blessings; Jacob used it when he blessed and adopted the sons of Joseph, Gen. xlviii.
The use of the word paternal calls to mind the way they threw a cordon around the country to prevent at the threshold the entrance of men who were unprepared for the hardships with either clothing or supplies or physique.
He strove hard to reconcile the memories of the night with the feelings of the morning -- strove to realize a state of mind in which a measure of forgiveness to his son blended with a measure of satisfaction to the wounded pride he called paternal dignity.

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