grandfatherly
祖父般的,祖父般地,祖父般,祖父级的
Definitions
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- : of or characteristic of a grandfather.
Examples
No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire, who has long called for higher tax rates on the wealthy.
Plummer’s death Friday hit me, as a father, particularly hard, as I consider Plummer’s Captain von Trapp as a grandfatherly figure while I struggle to find my own way as a dad.
"I reckon this would be another clock," said the Gentle Shepherd, staring at a grandfatherly shape in the corner.
Isn't it really amusing to see the grandfatherly concern that Bolton has for our cooking-stove?
I learned to milk when I was a shaver on my vacations at a grandfatherly farm.
"I wish our grandfatherly minds had managed as well," said Jeff.
We have never given either voice or vote for any form of injustice, however specious, or plausible, or grandfatherly.