avuncular

Yet, he had a certain avuncular quality that she liked.

In public he was avuncular and discreet about his personal life.

His interest in them is supposed to be avuncular and pure.

He is avuncular and usually takes the optimistic view of events.

He assumes an avuncular role for those who seem to want to be helped.

He can be avuncular, all right - with a vengeance.

In my avuncular opinion he is still on the gold standard.

His public image is that of an avuncular Southern gentleman.

"The best thing you could do," he told her in a kindly, avuncular voice.

Then Wheaton turns to me, and the avuncular face is gone.

Miles could move out, and into a hotel, under the cover of that avuncular withdrawal.

Now she studied the avuncular man beside her and wondered.

The avuncular smile came back, and he sounded like an engineer again.

Himself he saw in a kindly avuncular role towards the whole party, the girl included.

His greeting to Phyllis was, indeed, little short of avuncular.

"But his tone on the radio was much more avuncular.

"Very likely, in which case perhaps I might be allowed to give some avuncular advice.

Even here he somehow managed a suggestion of the avuncular.

He is sweet and charming in an avuncular way to women of all ages.

He came around the desk and leaned against it in an almost avuncular fashion.

I put on my warmest avuncular smile and offered him white.

"Sometimes he sort of oversteps the avuncular role," she said.

He is far from being the avuncular individual which he appears to be.

"We understand his daughter is here," he said, trying to look as avuncular as possible.

Gone was the avuncular warmth I had recognized from our earlier meetings.