grandfatherly (comparative more grandfatherly, superlative most grandfatherly)
In the manner of a grandfather.
Having the characteristics of a grandfather.
• grandmotherliness
Source: Wiktionary
Grand"fa"ther*ly, a.
Definition: Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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