01 a. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
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Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.“He was a grandfatherly sort of personage.” — Hawthorne.
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Webster, 1913
Grandfatherly
· Grand·fa·ther·ly
· IPA /ɡrˈændfˌɑðərliː/