Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
The word 'paternal' is correct and usable in written English. It is an adjective used to describe a relationship, attitude, or demeanor that is characteristic of a father or of fathers in general. For example, "The boy was inspired by his father's paternal guidance.".
It commemorates the sectarian murder of my paternal grandfather's brother, who was beaten and stabbed to death by a loyalist mob very close by during the Troubles.
It's difficult for me now to separate my warm feelings for Shimla as a tourist destination from my paternal connections to it.
I would not have believed you if you'd told me picking up shit wouldn't feel disgusting but, instead, produce a subtle yet satisfying paternal pleasure.
But in many cases, these women found other ways to perpetuate their own surnames, thus cheating the companion tradition that had arisen from that of the wife taking her husband's surname: that of the children inheriting the paternal surname, too.
Although his paternal grandfather had been an active, old-fashioned Highland Liberal, Kennedy started his own political life at the age of 15 in the Labour party.
I had been brought up on the Andean tales of my paternal grandfather, a former railway engineer in Chile and Bolivia.
He got it on the second take - spot-on timing, silky paternal vocal quality, and utterly persuasive.
Ludwig does not simply clarify my doubts with English writing, it enlightens my writing with new possibilities
Simone Ivan Conte
Software Engineer at Adobe, UK