paternally

«paternally» in Mova's school dictionary: In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (paternally)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father. tree →

2) On the father's side of a family. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a character may speak paternally to a younger one; Badger acts paternally to Toad and Mole. In family trees, «paternally» means through the father.

examples

• Badger spoke paternally to the young animals. tree →
• He smiled paternally at the children. tree →
• She is related to them paternally. tree →
• The coach put his arm paternally round the boy. tree →
• The old Rat looked paternally at the Mole. tree →
• Paternally, her family came from Ireland. tree →

note

Opposite: maternally (mother's side). From «paternal».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paternally» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.