grandfatherly

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Examples

• No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire, who has long called for higher tax rates on the wealthy.

• Plummer’s death Friday hit me, as a father, particularly hard, as I consider Plummer’s Captain von Trapp as a grandfatherly figure while I struggle to find my own way as a dad.

• "I reckon this would be another clock," said the Gentle Shepherd, staring at a grandfatherly shape in the corner.

• Isn't it really amusing to see the grandfatherly concern that Bolton has for our cooking-stove?

• I learned to milk when I was a shaver on my vacations at a grandfatherly farm.

• "I wish our grandfatherly minds had managed as well," said Jeff.

• We have never given either voice or vote for any form of injustice, however specious, or plausible, or grandfatherly.