āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
avuncular
/ÃĻvËĘnkjĘlÉ/
avuncular
01
āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§, āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§
uncle-like in character
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old photograph showed him in an avuncular pose with his nieces on his knee.
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ, āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ
warmly supportive or protective toward someone younger or less experienced
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The senior editor adopted an avuncular tone in her feedback on my draft.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
