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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood..
He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.
I'm doing a thing now about dadness—you know, when you reach dadness fully, no one in your family can hurt your feelings anymore, because you don't have feelings anymore.
Use dadness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dadness means (informal) The state, quality, or condition of being a dad; the essence of dads and dadhood..
Common synonyms include dadhood, daddyhood, fatherhood, fathership.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He cut back on the dad jokes this evening because the kids and their friends were having a serious conversation and his usual level of dadness would have seemed out of place.
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