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# paternally

adverb (paternally)

«paternally» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#m1)
2. On the father's side of a family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, a character may speak paternally to a younger one; Badger acts paternally to Toad and Mole. In family trees, «paternally» means through the father.

### Examples

- Badger spoke paternally to the young animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x1)
- He smiled paternally at the children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x2)
- She is related to them paternally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x3)
- The coach put his arm paternally round the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x4)
- The old Rat looked paternally at the Mole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x5)
- Paternally, her family came from Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: maternally (mother's side). From «paternal».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paternally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paternally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paternally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paternally.html) on Mova free.