A sense of almost fatherly protection had developed in myself towards him.

The papery skin at his eyes creased into an almost fatherly smile.

With a final nod and smile that was almost fatherly, the captain disappeared.

His eyes dwelt upon Billy with a look almost fatherly, at least brotherly.

Miller evoked an almost fatherly concern that warmly belied his usual self-satisfied, mocking distance.

Gard took her outstretched hands with an almost fatherly thrill.

A senior scout had often an almost fatherly regard for the men upon his staircase.

He wrote the young man almost fatherly letters, and often invited him to his house.

Though the braid was messy, Viktor wove it tenderly, something almost fatherly in his attentions.

When he spoke again it was in a firm, quiet tone, almost fatherly in its kindness.

But when Richard spoke it was only to Harriet, and then in an undertone almost fatherly:

To the almost fatherly grief at the loss of his work was added the bitterness of disappointment.

From him she obtained kind smiles, and almost fatherly tenderness; from Lady Martindale the usual ceremonious civility.

Two other sons he assumed all the expenses of, and showed an almost fatherly interest in them.

And he was always happy to follow Marteau, in whose career he took an interest almost fatherly.

You've got to get out there in the world, and start again. He sounded almost fatherly about it.