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paternally

US pronunciation
American soundpaternally
paternally
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Final y vowel sound

pa - ter - nal - ly -> paternally

Myanmar meaning

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paternal /pǝ'tɜ:nl/ adj

၁။ ဖခင်၏။ ဖခင်အသွင်။ paternal affection/authority ❍ have a paternal concern for sb's welfare (ie like that of a father for his child).
၂။ ဖခင် ဘက်မှ။ အဖေ့ဘက်က။ her paternal grandmother (ie her father's mother). Compare MATERNAL paternally / -nǝli/ adv

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  • paternal /pǝ'tɜ:nl/ adj ၁။ ဖခင်၏။ ဖခင်အသွင်။ paternal affection/authority
  • have a paternal concern for sb's welfare (ie like that of a father for his child). ၂။ ဖခင် ဘက်မှ။ အဖေ့ဘက်က။ her paternal grandmother (ie her father's mother). Compare MATERNAL paternally / -nǝli/ adv
Synonyms
fatherly, caring, kind, affectionate, warm, loving, protective, authoritarian, benevolent, concerned, domestic, familial, fatherlike, parental, paternalistic, patriarchal, patrilineal, patrimonial, solicitous, vigilant
Antonyms
maternal
Cross references
fatherlycaringkindaffectionatewarmlovingprotectiveauthoritarianbenevolentconcerneddomesticfamilialfatherlikeparentalpaternalisticpatriarchalpatrilinealpatrimonialsolicitousvigilantmaternalaffection
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