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Adjective fatherly has 2 senses
  1. fatherly, fatherlike - like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
    Antonym: maternal (indirect, via paternal)
  2. fatherly - showing the affection of a father
    Antonym:     unloving (indirect, via loving)
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