unfatherly
- a word derived from fatherly.
Example Sentences
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The Duchess now understood the unfatherly disregard Old Jimmie had shown for the ordinary welfare of Maggie.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Scott, Leroy
Black Mike's treatment of him from his babyhood had been too consistently unfatherly for that.
From Terry's Trials and Triumphs by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)
The little wight Fill’d me, unfatherly, with fright!
From Victories of Love by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
Struck, not by the unfatherly, but by the ungentlemanly nature of his response, Stanwood promptly gathered himself together, to meet the situation.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
The countess had patiently borne all the unpleasant caprices of her husband, but this unfatherly behavior towards an innocent child affected her deeply.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
