Avuncularly

“What I hear you saying, my dear,” Aaron began avuncularly. ❋ LAURIE ABRAHAM (2010)

With one thick arm around my shoulder and the other making a suggestive gutting motion with the knife, he kindly and very avuncularly informed me that I better be good to his niece. ❋ Ccfinlay (2007)

That is, the dwarf was silent but a sight to marvel at, while the sword told of battles, answered questions in excruciating detail, and harrumped avuncularly at exclamations. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1999)

Nathan interrupted, sounding avuncularly pleased with himself. ❋ Deborah Crombie (1997)

Silently pointing to panelled and polished double-doors ahead, he gave me an encouraging pat on the shoulder and left me, rather in the manner of a colonel avuncularly sending a rookie into his first battle. ❋ Francis, Dick (1993)

Calmly, patiently, even avuncularly in "After the Hangover," I quote the obituaries for conservatism, pausing to note the obvious: The conservative corpse has arisen again. ❋ R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. (2010)

"You're giving birth," says the public relations maven avuncularly, "Don't force it. ❋ Unknown (2010)