Usually means: Exhibiting qualities of a dad.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word fatherly:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. fatherly: Merriam-Webster
  2. fatherly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fatherly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fatherly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fatherly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fatherly, fatherly: Wordnik
  7. fatherly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fatherly: Wiktionary
  9. fatherly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. fatherly: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Fatherly, fatherly: Dictionary.com
  12. fatherly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Fatherly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Fatherly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. fatherly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. fatherly: Rhymezone
  17. fatherly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. fatherly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. fatherly: FreeDictionary.org
  20. fatherly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. fatherly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. fatherly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  23. fatherly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fatherly: Legal dictionary

(Note: See fatherliness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adjective:  Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.
adverb:  In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.

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