avuncular

• You couldn't help but like the avuncular singer of show tunes Unless, of course, decisions had to be made that might lose him votes. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
• 'It's a bit avuncular,' he admitted, 'but what else can I do? —  Margery Allingham - The Return of Mr Campion
• Back in the day, Teddy treated us there when he was being especially avuncular, although he had preferred to hang around the yacht club or fly to Seattle, where his cronies played. —  FSFMay2005
• Everybody knows that behind that avuncular, amiable exterior lies a ruthless, Machiavellian mind which is only interested in gaining power and holding onto it. —  Home
• Such a theory would seem to favor the avuncular John McCain over the inspirational Barack Obama-the old, white, conservative man with the military bearing, over the brash young newcomer who, as Obama himself has said, "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." —  MoJo Blogs and Articles

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