fatherly

UK /ˈfɑːðəli/ US /ˈfɑðɚli/

adj 2adv 1

Collocations

VERB + FATHERLY

acted, give, lift

FATHERLY + NOUN

advice, bliss, cha, ed, ti

PREP.

in, up

adj

Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.

fatherly advice

Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.

adv

In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.

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.

adjective — like or befitting a father or fatherhood

fatherly advice

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Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course.

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

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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;

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Tom gave his son some fatherly advice.

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I'll give you some fatherly advice.

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