motherly, paternal, avuncular, grandfatherly, affectionate, doting, genial, impish, dutiful, gruff, benevolent, gentle, amiable, levelheaded, beatific, childlike, teacherly, dapper, puppyish, roguish, saintly, imperturbable, elder, rakish, unctuous, brusk, mischievous, overbearing, angelic, deadpan, taciturn, grandmotherly, affable, jovial, solicitous, charismatic, guileless, suave, guardian angel, gregarious, sagacious, tenderhearted, empathetic, undemonstrative, overprotective, stoic, bossy, winsome, reverent, stentorian, incommunicative, manly, godlike, straightlaced, pompous, nerdish, foppish, pious, mannered, chivalrous, boyish, effeminate, schoolmasterly, sardonic, oracular, irascible, laconic, easygoing, loving, schoolmarmish, jocular, saintlike, debonair, forbearing, droll, curmudgeonly, studious, endearing, tactful, diffident, kindhearted, unflappable, obsequious, humble, morose, inexpressive, crotchety, lovable, dandified, comforting, smirky, girlish, wry, brotherly, reverential, worshipful, uxorious, softhearted, selfless, sullen, obedient, smart aleck, becoming, commiseration, compassion, delight, delights, evil, glory, gratitude, grief, happiness, leisure, melancholy, nothing, pity, pleasure, pluck, puzzlement, shines, spiritual, wit, sisterly, womanly, compassionate, wifely, forgiving, comradely, condescending, kindly, cousinly, proprietorial, benignant, patronising

paternalism

fatherlike