grandfatherly

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grandfatherly \Grand"fa"ther*ly\, a.
   Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant;
   indulgent.
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         He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. --Hawthorne.
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