PATERNAL


Meaning of PATERNAL in English

adj. 1 fatherly, kindly, indulgent, solicitous, fond, concerned, devoted, loving; patriarchal Uncle Charles takes a paternal interest in the welfare of his nieces and nephews 2 patrilineal or patrilinear, patriclinous or patroclinous or patriclinal or patroclinal or patriclinic or patroclinic, patrilateral, patrimonial She resembles her paternal grandmother His fortune is partly paternal, partly acquired.

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