fatherly

& adv. [Eng. father; -ly.] A. As adjective : 1. Like a father; proper to or becoming a father; kind, tender, loving. "He tendered his brother's children with a fatherly affection." Greneway: Tacitus; Annales , p. 90. 2. Of or pertaining to a father. B. As adv.: In the manner of a father; as a father should; with parental care or affection. "He cannot choose but take this service I have done fatherty."-Shakesp.: Cymbeline, ii. 3.