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fatherly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɑðɚli/ (US)
• /ˈfɑːðəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”) . Doublet of fatherlike.

Meanings

1. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
   • fatherly advice
2. Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.

Forms

Deriveds

unfatherly · fatherliness

Translations (71)

cy tadol (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · uk отце́вий (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · de väterlich (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · hy հայրական (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · de väterlich (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · sq atëror (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ru оте́ческий (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · fa پدرانه (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · nl vaderlijk (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · fi isällinen (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · fi isällinen (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · tr pederane (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · be ба́цькаўскі (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · be айцо́ўскі (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · lt tėviškas (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · he אֲבָהִי (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · enm faderly (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ar أَبَوِيّ (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ota پدری (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ka მამობრივი (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · uk ба́тьківський (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · cs otcovský (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · hi पैतृक (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · tr pederane (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ka მამური (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ru отцо́вский (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · la paternus (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ru оте́ческий (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ota پدری (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · uk ба́тьківський (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · hi पैतृक (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sh ȍčīnskī (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ka მამობრივი (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · be айцо́ўскі (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · pl ojcowski (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · he אֲבָהִי (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ka მამური (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ca patern (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · uk отце́вий (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · fr paternel (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · nb faderlig (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · lt tėvinis (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ru отцо́вский (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · la paternus (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · fr paternel (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · pl ojcowski (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sk otcovský (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · mk татковски (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · be бацько́ўскі (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · bg ба́щински (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · da faderlig (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · hy հայրական (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · it paterno (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sl očetovski (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sv faderlig (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · be ба́цькаўскі (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · sq atëror (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ca paternal (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · el πατρικός (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · tg падарона (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · bg ба́щински (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · cs otcovský (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · ca paternal (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sh о̏чӣнскӣ (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · ro patern (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · el πατρικός (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · be бацько́ўскі (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · sk otcovský (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · cy tadol (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood) · uk оте́цький (characteristic of fathers, paternal) · uk оте́цький (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

fatherly en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɑðɚli/ (US)
• /ˈfɑːðəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English faderly, fadirly, from Old English fæderlīċe (“in a fatherly way, as a father”), equivalent to father + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
   • Indeed we live beneath the sky, . . / That great smooth Hand of God, stretched out / On all His children fatherly, / To bless them from the fear and doubt, / Which would be, if, from this low place, / All opened straight up to His face / Into the grand eternity. 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”, in Poems, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, stanza VII, page 131:
   • He looked fatherly at me. 1970, Ronny Pearlman, The Monday Man, page 39:
   • Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course. 1589, The Return of Pasquill:
   • When she fell forward a little, as if she were half fainting with the pleasure, he held her, fatherly, in his arms until she recovered. 1988, Phyllis Ann Karr, “Two Bits of Embroidery”, in Parke Godwin, editor, Invitation to Camelot: An Arthurian Anthology of Short Stories, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 41:
   • 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; 1848, James Russell Lowell, “The Changeling”, in Poems, second series, Cambridge: George Nichols; Boston: B. B. Mussey and Company, page 162:
   • […]; tho’ God hath for a while Fatherly Chaſtiſed them by thoſe Rods which he hath afterwards conſumed. a. 1723, Increase Mather, “A Vindication of New-England”, in The Andros Tracts: […], New York, N.Y.: Burt Franklin, published 1869, page 27 (page 9 of chapter):

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