fatherly
adjective
of, like, or befitting a father.
unfatherly
-
a word derived from
fatherly.
Example Sentences
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"A boy," said Guthrie Carey, still with that unfatherly air of discontent.
From Sisters by Ada Cambridge
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 Emma G. Moore
Black Mike's treatment of him from his babyhood had been too consistently unfatherly for that.
From Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
The Duchess now understood the unfatherly disregard Old Jimmie had shown for the ordinary welfare of Maggie.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
The little wight Fill’d me, unfatherly, with fright!
From Victories of Love by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
