1. fatherly - Adjective
2. fatherly - Adverb
3. fatherly - Adjective Satellite
Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.
Of or pertaining to a father.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDon't forget that God sees you and watches you when you are in pain; He perceives even the beating of your heart. Consequently, He will not leave you without consolation and His fatherly protection. Ephraim of Arizona
But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God. John Calvin
I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend. I deliberately ignored all the warning voices inside me and enjoyed the time by his side almost until the bitter end. It wasn't what he said, but the way he said things and how he did things. Traudl Junge
The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have fights - it's more irritating than Santa Claus. The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. Dave Matthews
I am a thornbush, bristling from the overattention of my parents, and he is a man of a million little fatherly stab wounds, and my thorns fit perfectly into them. Gillian Schieber Flynn
In the meanwhile I retire to my well-earned bath-chair, from which I shall watch with a fatherly eye the philosophic gambols of my younger friends as they dance to the highly syncopated pipings of Herr Wittgenstein's flute. C. D. Broad