daddish
adjEtymology From dad + -ish.
1
Like a dad; paternal.
- 'Then get it now please,' said Dad, and then he sat down in the armchair and opened his newspaper in front of his face in a daddish sort of way. looked under the table.2012, Kjartan Poskitt, Agatha Parrot and the Mushroom Boy:
- Butthere was one thing I'd always wanted to do, and that was to take a lad to the football. Silly really, but there it is. It seems such a daddish thing to do.2012, Ian Marchant, Something of the Night:
1 more example
- He's carving a roast chicken, and he looks daddish in a wholesome coffee-commercial way but still vital.2015, Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You:
- Derived terms
- daddishly, daddishness