Parental
[pə'rentl] or [pə'rɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; 'parental guidance' .
(adj.) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced .
Typist: Millie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.
(a.) Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
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Examples
- She loved him as a kind elder brother; a relation to guide, protect, and instruct her, without the too frequent tyranny of parental authority. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He turned past the door of the parental bedroom like a shadow, and was climbing the second flight of stairs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The whole organisation seems to have become plastic, and departs in a slight degree from that of the parental type. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- At this parental and professional joke, Mr. Weller, junior, smiled a filial smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Behold Pa waiting for Bella behind a pump, at least three miles from the parental roof-tree. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The call for greater parental responsibility is, I fear, a rather empty platitude, for it is not re-enforced with anything but an ancient fervor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My respected father has found, down in the parental neighbourhood, a wife for his not-generally-respected son. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There are certain doctrines which he learnt at home and which exercised a parental authority over him. Plato. The Republic.
- But Theodosius has forfeited his parental honours, and, by consenting to pay tribute, has degraded himself to the condition of a slave. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But this counts for little among the green Martians, as parental and filial love is as unknown to them as it is common among us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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