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# fatherly

«fatherly» in Mova's school dictionary: **kind, caring and protective, like a good father** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (fatherly; more fatherly)

### meaning for a pupil

Fatherly means kind, caring and protective, like a good father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a kind old man who helps or cares for someone, like a father would

### examples

- The old man gave me a fatherly smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherly/#x1)
- She gave the lost boy fatherly advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherly/#x2)
- My grandad has a fatherly way with the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fatherly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.