paternally

She'd felt like a child, especially when he smiled paternally at her.

"I can see you're having a good time," he said paternally.

Why large companies act so paternally and protectively to their workers?

The doctor made room for the two big bodies, grinning at them paternally.

The taller man spread his hands and regarded her paternally.

He would not let us expatriates treat the students paternally.

The individual who wins the competition tends to be paternally successful.

However, mitochondria in some species can sometimes be inherited paternally.

The boy looked up at Marten, still smiling paternally down on all this.

Still grave most of the time, he nonetheless became more paternally friendly toward his secretary.

He smiled paternally at her and studied his glass.

He remembered the pair at once, and smiled paternally.

He restrained her by laying his hand paternally on her shoulder.

Poirot leaned forward and patted her paternally on the shoulder.

Datt put his arm around her paternally but said nothing.

He held her more tightly and less paternally.

The breeze stirred his ash-tinged hair and he smiled paternally.

This often entails living off the land inherited paternally.

'This is not the sort of night for small animals to be out,' he said paternally.

The male behaves paternally towards them, as in the case of the zoo cats.

After a few moments, Mark approached them, frowning paternally.

Stafford nodded to him paternally, as if waiting for him to speak.

Sir Francis looked down paternally upon his crew in the galleon's waist.

He could also be stern - again, paternally.

Hence, he was considered the natural-born and paternally appointed patriot in the family.