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Thesaurus: grandfatherly

Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.

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  1. a. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
  2. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
  3. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant;indulgent.He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
  4. j:100 a. Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.