paternal

Modifies a noun

• grandmother: My wife's paternal grandmother was Lizzie Ann Sole.
• grandfather: Everyone on my paternal grandfather 's side of the family has bumps.
• allele: These sequence variants are called maternal and paternal alleles.
• grandparent: Most but by no means all paternal grandparents welcomed the child as a new member of the family.
• uncle: He was taught first by his paternal uncle, then he entered a Jesuit College in Lyon.
• nan: There is also concern about their half brother who lives with his paternal nan on a RO.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: But in interrogation he could be gentle, almost paternal.
• predominantly: Among the flowering plants, rye shows paternal inheritance, and predominantly paternal inheritance has been observed in chaparral.
• mainly: Gymnosperms have mainly paternal ( pollen ) transmission while most flowering plants seem to have maternal inheritance.
• clearly: The medicinal herb damiana has clearly paternal inheritance [ 5 ] as does kiwi [ 6 ] .
• very: To her he had always been kind, concerned about her welfare, " very paternal " , she says.

Used with adjective complement

• become: It errs by excess; for it is apt to become too paternal in the administration of law and justice.
• have: Gymnosperms have mainly paternal ( pollen ) transmission while most flowering plants seem to have maternal inheritance.