avuncular

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English - Turkish
babacan
{s} amca gibi
{s} amca
amca veya dayı gibi veya onlara mensup
{s} amca ile ilgili
büyüklere özgü
avuncularly
amca ile ilgili olarak
English - English
Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant

A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.

In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle

Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.

An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger. He began to talk in his most gentle and avuncular manner. behaving in a kind and nice way to someone who is younger, rather like an uncle (avunculus; UNCLE)
kind, genial, benevolent and tolerant
{s} like or resembling an uncle
like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular concern"
In the manner of an uncle
like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular concern" being or relating to an uncle
Of or pertaining to an uncle
being or relating to an uncle
avuncular relation
related family member who is an uncle or like an uncle
avuncular

    Hyphenation

    a·vun·cu·lar

    Turkish pronunciation

    ıvʌngkyılır

    Antonyms

    materteral

    Pronunciation

    /əˈvəɴɢkyələr/ /əˈvʌŋkjəlɜr/

    Etymology

    [ &-'v&[ng]-ky&-l&am ] (adjective.) 1831. From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”).
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