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avuncular | avuncularly |

As an adjective avuncular

is in the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.

As an adverb avuncularly is

in an avuncular way.

avuncular

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
  • * 1997 , , Jane Austen: A Life :
    • 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.
  • (by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
  • * 2003 , Vicki Croke, "New leader of the MSPCA moves to tame budget woes," Boston Globe , September 20:
    • Thornton's reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.
  • * 1987 , William Schneider, "The New Shape of American Politics," The Atlantic , January:
    • A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.

    Coordinate terms

    * maternal – mother * materteral – aunt * paternal – father

    avuncularly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an avuncular way.