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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He is certainly an avuncular figure, more paternal than patriarchal, yet even his faults and foibles are masculine in character.
Little wonder that the petite, sharp-eyed Phoolan, is hurt by comparisons to the avuncular and hirsute Veerappan.
Readers of my diary will recognise me as a wise, avuncular figure with a keen mind and big heart.
The evening news programs and their avuncular anchormen, in particular, fulfill a quite significant function.
Since he had put the point in a friendly, avuncular way, I asked him about something that had long puzzled me.
The electrotherapist is depicted as cruel, the embodiment of evil, in contrast to more avuncular presentations of the psychotherapist elsewhere.

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