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Webster 1913 Edition


Grandfatherly

Grand′fa′ther-ly

,
Adj.
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
He was a
grandfatherly
sort of personage.
Hawthorne.

Definition 2024


grandfatherly

grandfatherly

English

Adjective

grandfatherly (comparative more grandfatherly, superlative most grandfatherly)

  1. In the manner of a grandfather
  2. Having the characteristics of a grandfather

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