› of or like a father:
He's very paternal (= showing the affectionate feelings of a father) with the baby.
My paternal grandparents (= my father's parents) were Irish.
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paternally
adverb uk
/pəˈtɜː.nəl.i/ us
/pəˈtɝː.nəl.i/
