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What does avuncular mean?

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Adjective
  1. In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
  2. (by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
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Lewis, charming and avuncular, is far easier to relate to than the aloof and distant Freud.
The electrotherapist is depicted as cruel, the embodiment of evil, in contrast to more avuncular presentations of the psychotherapist elsewhere.
Instead he plays Arthur as a terrifying yet avuncular figure, apt to switch from jovial bonhomie to murderous rage with lightning speed.
At lunchtime on the day of the party, the BBC's avuncular anchorman David Dimbleby introduced a montage of pop footage.
The evening news programs and their avuncular anchormen, in particular, fulfill a quite significant function.
It seemed to flow from who he was, and mimicked the style of a particularly witty and avuncular friend.

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