avuncular

/ævˈʌnkjʊlɐ/

/əˈvəŋkjəɫɝ/

[adjective]

avuncular

[ADJECTIVE]

being or relating to an uncle

resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence

Examples

1. So along with our monographs and our journal articles and our conference proceedings and our book chapters, we need also to get on social media, we need to establish an avuncular personality.

2. Because the DNA of Mr. Billy Jack Fitzmorris was unavailable to test for biological relatedness, an avuncular test with the closest biological relative, his sister, Anastasia Stacy Brooks, was performed.

3. Beside the bay, the one we call much beard hangs upon its central cords, sage green, proud, manic, avuncular.

4. The black rainclouds part, a kindly and avuncular sun shines on the pair, and they're flattened into a single squishy puce mass by a truck.