Both Uses of
paternal
in
The House of Mirth
- The Van Osburgh marriage was celebrated in the village church near the paternal estate on the Hudson.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- Rosedale in the paternal role was hardly a figure to soften Lily; yet she could not but notice a quality of homely goodness in his advances to the child.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(paternal as in: paternal attitude) kindness and concern like that of a father -- sometimes implying that it is overly intrusive