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paternalistically

paternalistically adverb: in a paternalistic manner.

Adverb

paternalistically (comparative more paternalistically, superlative most paternalistically)

  1. In a paternalistic manner.

Forms of paternalistically

comparativemore paternalistically
superlativemost paternalistically

Origin of paternalistically

From paternalistic + -ally.

Questions about paternalistically

What does paternalistically mean?
Paternalistically means in a paternalistic manner.
What part of speech is paternalistically?
Paternalistically is an adverb.

Words near paternalistically in the dictionary

  1. paternalising
  2. paternalism
  3. paternalisms
  4. paternalist
  5. paternalistic
  6. paternalistically
  7. paternalists
  8. paternality
  9. paternalization
  10. paternalize
  11. paternalized

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