fatherliness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *fatherliness*:
NOUN	attribute	fatherliness, paternal quality	the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

English > *fatherliness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father.
Example	"the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
Synonym	paternal quality
Attributes	paternal	characteristic of a father
Broader	parental quality	A quality appropriate to a parent
Spanish	cualidad paternal, instinto paternal, paternalismo
Catalan	qualitat paternal
Adjectives	fatherly	like or befitting a father or fatherhood

HyperDic: fatherliness