Synonyms for avuncular

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-vuhng-kyuh-ler

Phonetic Transcription : əˈvʌŋ kyə lər

Définition of avuncular

Origin : 1789, from Latin avunculus "maternal uncle," diminutive of avus (see uncle) + -ar. Used humorously for "of a pawnbroker" (uncle was slang for "pawnbroker" from c.1600 through 19c.).
My only good suit is at present under the avuncular protection. ["Fraser's Magazine," 1832]

As in advisory : adj able, authorized to recommend

Example sentences :

My secretary had been elevated to avuncular rank after a probation of just three hours.
Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay

The bitterness of the avuncular factions was now intensified.
Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey

I do not wish to speak of Jennie in a fatherly or avuncular manner.
Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions

You must write to me or I shall withdraw my avuncular relation to you.
Extract from : « The Letters of Ambrose Bierce » by Ambrose Bierce

She liked his avuncular, slightly quizzical attitude to them.
Extract from : « Leonora » by Arnold Bennett

Her mahogany was avuncular; her china remotely ancestral; her feather beds and her bedsteads!
Extract from : « Certain Personal Matters » by H. G. Wells

For those who, with Mller, suppose Hengest to be brother of Hnf, will have to admit the avuncular difficulty in him also.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by R. W. Chambers

James Ollerenshaw did his avuncular duty by formally and grimly protesting against the marriage.
Extract from : « Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) » by Arnold Bennett

It being time for all good little children to be in bed and asleep, Arthur was both at the moment of the avuncular visit.
Extract from : « The Comic History Of England » by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

Such was the artful scheme by which the tyrant originally got possession of the subsequent victim of avuncular cruelty.
Extract from : « The Comic History Of England » by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

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