grandfatherly

Adjective

Meaning

Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fair grandfather maternal generous charitable decent kindly gracious angelic good-natured amiable genial bounteous kind-hearted benignant
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Antonyms

evil harsh cruel vicious selfish assassin
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Examples

No gray hairs streak my soul, no grandfatherly fondness there! I shake the world with the might of my voice, and walk – handsome, twentytwoyearold. Vladimir Mayakovsky

No gray hairs streak my soul, no grandfatherly fondness there! I shake the world with the might of my voice, and walk-handsome, twentytwoyearold. W. Somerset Maugham

He has a gentle, almost grandfatherly quality, but he doesn’t shy away from combat.” Source: Internet

Yes, this may seem logical and obvious, but the real reason these timekeeping devices (technically called “Longcase clocks”) picked up the grandfatherly nickname has nothing to do with grandparents per se. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grandfatherless grandfatherlessness grandfatherliness grandfathers clock grandfathership grandfer