paternaladjective
uk/pəˈtɜː.nəl/us/pəˈtɝː.nəl/of or like a father:
He's very paternal (= showing the affectionate feelings of a father) with the baby.
My paternal grandparents (= my father's parents) were Irish.
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- sisterhood
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
paternally
adverb uk/pəˈtɜː.nəl.i/us/pəˈtɝː.nəl.i/