The professor had paternal feelings for his students. From LearnThat.org.
Spent his childhood on the paternal farm. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A paternal aunt. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The term paternal correction is also applied to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
"Just so," said Mr Low -- only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn] Reference
“Just so,” said Mr Low — only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn] Reference
The novel's representation of the paternal is of course implicated in this drawing and redrawing of the boundaries of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Patriarchal Fantasy and the Fecal Child in Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein_ and its Adaptations] Reference
"Just so," said Mr. Low, -- "only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn The Irish Member] Reference
"Just so," said Mr. Low, — "only that what you call a paternal government is not always quiet and orderly. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn]
You have to make sure that the maternal and the paternal are the same. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2005] Reference
Their government is also largely paternal, which is the form best suited to the circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917] Reference
Margery called the paternal check-book again into service, and the cutter drew up before the doctor's office in Main Street. From Wordnik.com. [The Price] Reference
The word paternal is gender neutral …. From Wordnik.com. [France Lets In Gay Adoption Under Sarkozy « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
I felt a kind of paternal pride in their accomplishment. From Wordnik.com. [Inappropriate Pride] Reference
In it the therapist represents and exercises an essentially "paternal" function. From Wordnik.com. [Psychosynthesis: Height Psychology — Discovering the self and the Self] Reference
This kind of paternal disrespect might possibly lead to blow-ups with the State Legislature. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-10-01] Reference
Justice implies some kind of paternal obligation that isn't there in transactions between equals. From Wordnik.com. [What Business Can Learn from Open Source] Reference
For example, an orphan who has never seen his father naturally has a desire for a kind of paternal love. From Wordnik.com. [Those contemptuous atheists... why won't they be kind?] Reference
If I never hear from or see this man or any of my "paternal" relatives again, I won't sweat it for a second. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
He blamed "paternal" do-gooders, who he said pretended to assist but actually sucked the community dry of funds. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The "paternal" idea, to be sure, of government is in it; but there is the idea, too, of limited or constitutional monarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
And join paternal with maternal care. From Wordnik.com. [Canto II] Reference
"What a strange kind of paternal law," I grumbled out. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Woman and other Tales] Reference
And it allowed me to avoid any kind of paternal battles. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
At first, it may be, Montagu took some kind of paternal interest in Lady Mary. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Mary Wortley Montague]
"Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. From Wordnik.com. [Best Web Campaign Update: Paul wins, but I add reasons for why Huckabee still beats out Obama, Edwards, Clinton] Reference
Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Jeeves] Reference
Nevertheless the two partners regarded Barker rummaging among some loose clothes and papers with a kind of paternal toleration. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Stories of Bret Harte] Reference
He found Miss Brandon just released from dancing, and with a kind of paternal gallantry, he offered his arm to parade the apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
Against the "police theory," as distinguished from the "paternal" theory of government, Carlyle protested with ever-shriller iteration. From Wordnik.com. [Brief History of English and American Literature] Reference
Against the "police theory," as distinguished from the "paternal" theory, of government, Carlyle protested with ever shriller iteration. From Wordnik.com. [From Chaucer to Tennyson] Reference
(such as paternal grandfather #4 and his descendants). From Wordnik.com. [Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter] Reference
A kind of paternal authority over me, and a right of guidance. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of John Ruskin]
'paternal' authority that he both desired attention from and simultaneously distrusted. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
"paternal" reference: Papa Bill, the wise, stern, but merciful father of us all, dispensing judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Reference
A paternal grandmother, like all women, has two X chromosomes. From Wordnik.com. [An Evolutionary Edge] Reference
Doctors have also found links between advanced paternal age and schizophrenia in their children. From Wordnik.com. [VIAGRA BABIES: OLDER PARENTS, YOUNGER KIDS] Reference
But Dad passes his Y chromosome to his son, who therefore does not carry his paternal grandma's X. From Wordnik.com. [An Evolutionary Edge] Reference
There is, however, one undisputed benefit to "" paternal involvement, '' according to psychologists: it's better for the fathers. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
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