Avuncular

avuncular







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–adjective 

of, pertaining to, 

or 

characteristic of an uncle: avuncular affection. 





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avuncular (adj.)   

 

means "typical of or suitable to an uncle"; it also has figurative senses meaning "kind, indulgent, undemanding, sexless": His treatment of her was more avuncular than amorous. 



It’s perhaps a cliché in its most frequent company, avuncular advice. A curiosity: English has no similar adjective to deal with matters or qualities typical of an aunt: auntish and auntlike are about as close as we can come.



amorous

–adjective 

1. inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love: an amorous disposition. 





　

Cremer, [at] his most taciturn and avuncular, is excellent casting as Jean, and Stewart, as Marie's fellow expatriate, is solidly supportive. (Both Stewart and Rampling naturally switch between French and English in scenes together.) Nolot is OK as Marie's lover, but the role is too blandly written at times to always [ring] true. 



Behind-camera credits are immaculate, with the [clean] lensing giving full space to the actors and the neatly composed look sometimes recalling Ozon's previous "Water Drops on Burning Rocks" without its formal stylization.





codger

dote

They dote [on] their youngest daughter.  

the pic spends an unexpected amount of time with ex-con Ronald, whose [doting] mother



ramshackle

dilapidated 

decrepit



hale

My grandfather is still [hale] and [hearty] at 85.

Nubile