What does grandmaternal mean?
Grandmaternal means of or relating to a grandmother.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
of or relating to a grandmother.
Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed...
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Grandmaternal means of or relating to a grandmother.
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Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed...
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