Definitions
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- adjective having the qualities of a
father
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
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Examples
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"He means a huge amount to her and fulfills a fatherlike role, which she has never really had," Clarke says.
Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke on Daenerys, Drogo and Dothraki Jeggings 2011
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"He means a huge amount to her and fulfills a fatherlike role, which she has never really had," Clarke says.
Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke on Daenerys, Drogo and Dothraki Jeggings 2011
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He went on to say that he considered the belief in a God who was a fatherlike figure to be the result of “childish analogies.”
American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her.
Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008
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