Avuncular vs Avuncularity - What's the difference?
avuncular | avuncularity |
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
* 1997 , , Jane Austen: A Life :
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
* 2003 , Vicki Croke, "New leader of the MSPCA moves to tame budget woes," Boston Globe , September 20:
* 1987 , William Schneider, "The New Shape of American Politics," The Atlantic , January:
As an adjective avuncular
is in the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.As a noun avuncularity is
the condition of being an uncle.avuncular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
- Thornton's reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.
- A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.