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avuncularly
adjective
formaluk /əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lə.li/ us /əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lɚ.li/
in a way that is friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behaviour of an uncle:
He could often be found sitting in his front garden, joking avuncularly with the neighbourhood children.
After I got my first car, our neighbour, a mechanic, avuncularly showed me how to change the oil.
The judge spoke avuncularly and put everyone in the courtroom at ease.
The veteran basketball player took the young rookie under his wing and avuncularly offered advice on how to conduct himself as a professional.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Kind & thoughtful
accommodating
accommodatingly
attentive
attentively
attentiveness
diplomacy
diplomatic
diplomatically
eunoia
fatherly
neighbourliness
neighbourly
nice
nicely
not have a bad/dishonest/racist, etc. bone in your bodyidiom
thoughtfulness
unmalicious
unmaliciously
unspoiled
warm-hearted
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