Jealous and Paternal

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Jealous adjective - Intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness.

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Paternal and jealous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paternal" instead an adjective "Jealous".

Nearby Words: jealousy, jealously

Paternal adjective - Characteristic of a father.

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Jealous and paternal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jealous" instead an adjective "Paternal".

Nearby Words: paternity, paternalistic, paternalist, paternalism, paternally

Etna was his vassal, who was jealous of him for getting all the attention of his father, who she admired and saw as a paternal figure to herself, but as Laharl matured, she started to see that he was more than a spoiled brat and learned to respect him.

Source: Character Exaggeration

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