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grandfatherliness

grandfatherliness noun: the quality of being grandfatherly.

Noun

grandfatherliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being grandfatherly.
    • […]; the collector’s voice gradually deepened over the years to a granular, all-forgiving grandfatherliness.1982, John Updike, Bech Is Back, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 6
    • Past presidential styles have varied from the laconic leadership of [Calvin] Coolidge, to the calm grandfatherliness of [Dwight D.] Eisenhower, to the boyish exuberance of [John F.] Kennedy.1988, Stephen [H.] Hess, The Presidential Campaign, 3rd edition, Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, page 23

Origin of grandfatherliness

From grandfatherly + -ness.

Questions about grandfatherliness

What does grandfatherliness mean?
Grandfatherliness means the quality of being grandfatherly.
What part of speech is grandfatherliness?
Grandfatherliness is a noun.

Words near grandfatherliness in the dictionary

  1. grandfatherings
  2. grandfatherish
  3. grandfatherism
  4. grandfatherless
  5. grandfatherlessness
  6. grandfatherliness
  7. grandfatherly
  8. grandfathers
  9. grandfathers in
  10. grandfathers-in-law
  11. grandfathership

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