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fatherlike, a. and adv.|ˈfɑːðəlaɪk|
[f. as prec. + -like.]
Like a father.
A. adj.
†1. Resembling one's father. Obs.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. vi. 135 Fadyre-lyk in all hys Dedis. 1614R. Wilkinson Paire Serm. 11 It were well for the child, if it were not so fatherlike..as it is.
2. Having the aspect and bearing of a father.
1887Pall Mall G. 5 Apr. 2/1 One of the most loveable and father-like men I have ever seen.
3. Such as is proper to a father; such as a father would do; fatherly.
1570Levins Manip. 122 Fatherlike, paternus. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 138 This manner of breaking of bread was verie fatherlike and commendable among the elders of olde time. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. iv. §67 (1642) 296 He gave them father-like education. 1654Fuller Comm. Ruth (1868) 127 Young men will herupon take occasion..to despise their..father-like authority. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 1079 This is right father-like. 1876Whitby Gloss., Faather-like, fatherly.
B. adv. As a father, in a fatherly manner.
1604Drayton Owl 539 How father-like he giues affliction bread. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 567 Observe how fatherlike he melts and mourns over them. 1834H. F. Lyte Hymn, ‘Praise my Soul’, Father-like he tends and spares us. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 154 The feeble infant..Whom Enoch took..and fondled fatherlike. |