avuncular
adjective
Origin of avuncular
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Contemporary Examples of avuncular
FDR gives an avuncular grin around his famous cigarette holder to Andrew Jackson.
“You paid good money for this,” says the Vacuum Cleaner Guy (brilliantly played by an avuncular but ruthless Robert Forster).
‘Granite State,’ the Penultimate Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Is Walter White’s Final ActAndrew Romano
September 23, 2013
At precisely 11:00, NRA president David Keene plodded slowly to the podium, bespectacled, white haired, and avuncular.
From Cairo, Ashraf Khalil reports on the clash between an aggressive Amr Moussa and avuncular Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.
Even more polite than Jay, Brian Leveson gives off the avuncular air of a kindly head master.
Historical Examples of avuncular
My secretary had been elevated to avuncular rank after a probation of just three hours.
The Right StuffIan Hay
The bitterness of the avuncular factions was now intensified.
The Story of ParisThomas Okey
I do not wish to speak of Jennie in a fatherly or avuncular manner.
The Tower of OblivionOliver Onions
You must write to me or I shall withdraw my avuncular relation to you.
The Letters of Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce
She liked his avuncular, slightly quizzical attitude to them.
LeonoraArnold Bennett