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fatherliness

fatherliness noun: the property of being fatherly.

Noun

fatherliness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being fatherly.

Origin of fatherliness

From fatherly + -ness.

Questions about fatherliness

What does fatherliness mean?
Fatherliness means the property of being fatherly.
What part of speech is fatherliness?
Fatherliness is a noun.

Words near fatherliness in the dictionary

  1. fatherlessness
  2. fatherlike
  3. fatherlily
  4. fatherline
  5. fatherlines
  6. fatherliness
  7. fatherling
  8. fatherlings
  9. fatherly
  10. fatherness
  11. fathers

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