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Synonyms for avuncular

The synonym for avuncular recorded in this bank is grandfatherly, in the sense "kind, tolerant, and friendly toward a younger person, in the manner of a favorite uncle". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for avuncular

grandfatherlyadjective, in the sense "kind, tolerant, and friendly toward a younger person, in the manner of a favorite uncle"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day avuncular is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampRelations

kind, tolerant, and friendly toward a younger person, in the manner of a favorite uncle

He offered avuncular advice about her love life whether she wanted it or not.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

grandfatherly

Same sentence, swapped: He offered grandfatherly advice about her love life whether she wanted it or not.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

stern
youthful
romantic

Where avuncular turns up in the game

avuncular is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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