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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father;
- Example: "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
[syn: fatherliness, paternal quality]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fatherliness \Fa"ther*li*ness\, n. [From Fatherly.]
   The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fatherliness
    n 1: the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father;
         "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man
         eased her fears" [syn: fatherliness, paternal quality]