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Befitting or characteristic of a father; natural to a father; paternal.
Of or relating to a father or fathers; characteristic of a father in his care for, bearing towards, or authority over offspring; fatherly; (of…
Such as is appropriate to or characteristic of a father; such as a father would do; fatherly, paternal.