PATERNAL


Meaning of PATERNAL in English

adj. 25B6; adjective

his face showed paternal concern : FATHERLY, fatherlike, patriarchal; protective, solicitous, compassionate, sympathetic.

his paternal grandfather : ON ONE'S FATHER'S SIDE, patrilineal.

maternal.

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