adjective /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə,əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/
a) In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
Thorntons reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.
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