paternal
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of PATERNAL
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:
of or relating to a father
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He did not neglect his paternal responsibilities after the divorce.
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He offered them some paternal [=fatherly] advice.
2
always used before a noun
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related through the father
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compare maternal
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his paternal grandparents [=the parents of his father]
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a paternal aunt/uncle
— paternally
adverb-
He smiled at them paternally.
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paternally inherited genes
