The word "fatherly" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the word "fatherly" to describe someone who exhibits qualities typically attributed to a father, such as patience, compassion, and wisdom. For example, you could say, "The retired professor gave us fatherly advice on our project."
As RTE ringmaster Bill O'Herlihy tut-tutted in a fatherly and faux po-faced fashion, pundit Eamon Dunphy got to work with his new toy, an electronic pen with which he could enhance and illustrate his analysis by drawing white lines, circles, arrows and squiggles on a monitor after pausing the VT with an often aggressive roar of "Stop it there!" at some unseen flunkie in the production suite.
The Downing Street files show that Thatcher herself saw Rothschild as the author of the poll tax and at one point asked him to "take a fatherly interest in the infant's development".
Yet, with fatherly sternness, he directed Mr Bush to "Go out and win" the White House, and added a piece of sage advice: when your face is on the cover of Newsweek, you ought to smile.That such a parting could take place between cross-party rivals says a great deal about the tight bond between Mr Bush and Mr Bullock.
Roosevelt rolled over in his wheelchair, gave him a fatherly pat on the shoulder and said, "You've got nothing to worry about, Billy".There was a sense of humility about William Martin that could endear him to people, but which others saw as weakness.
She is instantly attracted by his fatherly, gentle ways.
But the piece broadly seems to conclude that the path to higher fertility rates (interestingly, not all experts quoted believe this is necessary for societies to thrive) is put down to a handful of factors: either generosity (as in Scandinavian social programmes) or flexibility (as in American-style working conditions), combined with a reasonable dose of fatherly nappy-changing.
So at the Boston convention you can expect a lot of blather about Mr Kerry's courage, wit and great fatherly skills.
Mr Lukashenka took his usual fatherly line, attending the scene of the blast with his six-year-old son (his companion in almost all public appearances).He linked the blast to the bombing in 2008, saying "these are perhaps links in a single chain".
Mr Iliescu, surprisingly warmly respected by poorer Romanians, is part of the team; he can use his fatherly empathy to sell reforms.
However, the words of fatherly advice he received at the time have stayed with him.
For example, early-bloomers are more likely to suffer depression, hate their bodies, engage in risky sex and get pregnant in their teen years.It could be a simple matter of not having as many eyes, particularly suspicious fatherly ones, watching over daughters.
