grandfatherly

/ɡɹˈændfˌɑðɚli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

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adj

adj

"[...] with grandfatherly pride he showed pictures of his grandchildren to visitors."
"No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire."

Etymology tree English grandfather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English grandfatherly From grandfather + -ly (adjectival suffix).

more grandfatherly (comparative) most grandfatherly (superlative)

grandfatherliness ungrandfatherly

big-brotherly big-sisterly

big-brotherly big-sisterly brotherly fatherly grandmotherly motherly sisterly

Questions

How do you pronounce grandfatherly?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈændfˌɑðɚli/.

What does grandfatherly mean?

Of or characteristic of grandfathers.

Where does grandfatherly come from?

How to pronounce grandfatherly

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