grandmotherly

adj

1. In the manner of a grandmother.

   ““Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice.”

2. Having the characteristics of a grandmother.

   “One of the maids introduced me to Miss Clifford, the housekeeper, a grandmotherly yet somehow youthful woman who offered me a cup of tea I was too nervous to accept. She gave it to me anyway, calling me “love.””

   “Then grandmotherly, trust-inspiring 63-year-old Gertrude Pruett stopped sending out the lovely checks and it became harder and harder to get in touch with her or her son Harold.”