elder-brotherly

However, when she married she did not say to herself, “Never mind a mean action if it leads to the end in view,” as her brother would certainly have said in such a case; it is quite probable that he may have said it when he expressed his elder-brotherly satisfaction at her decision.

The Idiot 2002

'You're too hot to drink cold water,' said Cecil in a wise, elder-brotherly way.

Holiday Tales Florence Wilford

Barry was very gallant, in an impersonal sort of way: he took a keen, elder-brotherly sort of interest in every pretty girl in the village, and liked to discuss their own love affairs with them, with a seriousness quite paternal.

The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

She stopped, a little frightened, for he was standing before her, gripping her shoulders in a very elder-brotherly fashion.

The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

And Laurie looked very elder-brotherly and grave all of a sudden.

Little Women 1921

He broke into a laugh in which the odd elder-brotherly note was once more perceptible.

The Reef; a novel 1912

"So don't worry over that," he commanded, in his kind elder-brotherly tone.

Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

Perhaps because they had first met at an age when eighteen months seemed an immense gap between them, Lance had never quite dropped the elder-brotherly attitude of St Rupert days.

Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

His is essentially the artistic temperament, and he is a creature of moods, impish in some, poetic in others; an extraordinary fellow, like no one I ever saw, yet curiously fascinating, and I find myself growing oddly fond of him, in an elder-brotherly, protecting sort of way.

The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901

He broke into a laugh in which the odd elder-brotherly note was once more perceptible.

The Reef Edith Wharton 1899